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

2. In what year was the memoir Armenian Golgotha reissued (in Armenian)?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1972.

3. Along with Constantinople and Baku, what was considered one of the three cosmopolitan centers of Armenian culture?
(a) Etchmiadzin.
(b) Diarbekir.
(c) Tiflis.
(d) Tokat.

4. What was the name of the poet with whom Balakian started his journal?
(a) Jack Wheatcroft.
(b) William Saroyan.
(c) Karl Shapiro.
(d) Bruce Smith.

5. To what town was Balakian taking his girlfriend when he refused to return home for his grandmother's memorial service?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Amherst.
(c) Boston.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poet's work was the class dissecting when Balakian challenged another student's interpretation of the words?

2. What city managed to protect itself from Turkish invaders in the 17th century, thereby stopping the expansion of Ottoman power throughout Western Europe?

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

4. What does the name Zivart mean in Armenian?

5. What kind of food did Balakian's mother claim was not fresh at the French restaurant?

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