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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Bloody News, From Page 199 Through Page 269.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what Turkish city did Abdul Hamid loyalists carry out atrocities against the Armenians in 1909?
(a) Ankara.
(b) Ani.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Adana.

2. In his discussion of his Aunt Anna's education, what did Balakian say was the percentage of female PhD's in the early 1940s?
(a) 16%.
(b) 8%.
(c) 13%.
(d) 21?

3. In what New Jersey town did Bedros Aroosian work in the silk mills?
(a) Paterson.
(b) Teaneck.
(c) Tenafly.
(d) Newark.

4. What advice did Balakian (at the urging of his aunt) reluctantly seek from William Saroyan?
(a) Recommendations for poetry journals.
(b) Advice on purchasing a car.
(c) Advice on breaking into poetry.
(d) Recommendations for typewriters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of business did Dovey's family run in the United States?

2. What food did Balakian's mother bring when she visited during the talk by Allen Ginsberg?

3. How old was Peter Balakian when his aunts began taking him on the house-viewing expeditions?

4. Who did the Armenian refugee, Soghomon Tehlirian, assassinate in 1921?

5. To which American writer did Balakian send his poems while at Bucknell College?

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