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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI: Commemoration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the Columbia Lions win the Rose Bowl?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1934.

2. In what year did Balakian and his father take a Greyhound bus across the United States?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1966.

3. What American author was NOT mentioned as the topic of one of Aunt Anna's published literary books?
(a) Kurt Vonnegut.
(b) William Faulkner.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Carson McCullers.

4. To which American writer did Balakian send his poems while at Bucknell College?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
(c) Robert Pirsig.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

5. What did Balakian say best represented his family's assimilation in American society?
(a) His father's medical practice.
(b) His family's life in suburbia.
(c) His family's country club membership.
(d) His family's education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Aunt Nona major in while at Barnard?

2. What sports implement was hanging in the office of Dr. Cooley, the headmaster of Balakian's new private high school?

3. In what year was Morgenthau appointed ambassador to Turkey?

4. What meat did the Balakian family frequently eat for dinner?

5. At what school did Aunt Anna teach French?

(see the answer key)

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