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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VII: Syria 2005.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Balakian's temperature when he was delirious with the measles?
(a) 104.
(b) 102.
(c) 105.
(d) 106.

2. Who was driving when the young men crashed the car in the middle of the night, in "Saturday Autumn II"?
(a) Ed Harrison.
(b) Peter Balakian.
(c) Tom Shadek.
(d) Bill Worth.

3. According to the quote from Ambassador Morgenthau, for how many days did the 18,000 Armenians march, before arriving in Aleppo during an early death march?
(a) Sixty days.
(b) Seventy days.
(c) Ninety days.
(d) Eighty days.

4. What was the name of the poetry journal Balakian founded in 1976?
(a) Crabtree Lane Review.
(b) Graham House Review.
(c) Oak Street Review.
(d) Surrealism Review.

5. Whose assassination was gripping the people of Lebanon when Balakian arrived in Beirut in 2005?
(a) Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
(b) Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
(c) President Walid Jumblatt.
(d) President Michel Aoun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Balakian learned the stories of the Bible?

2. In what year did the Young Turks take over the crumbling Ottoman Empire?

3. In what year did the Columbia Lions win the Rose Bowl?

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

5. What was the nickname of Arkayutiun, the soup Balakian ate while sick?

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