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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 anniversary was the Soviet Armenian Republic celebrating when Balakian's father wrote to his son at college urging him to learn more about the country?
(a) 30th.
(b) 50th.
(c) 40th.
(d) 25th.

2. Who did the Armenian refugee, Soghomon Tehlirian, assassinate in 1921?
(a) Djemal Pasha.
(b) Talaat Pasha.
(c) Zia Gokalp.
(d) Enver Pasha.

3. What colors were the threads on the brocade of Mr. Blumenthal's yarmulke?
(a) Silver and gold.
(b) Blue and yellow.
(c) Silver and blue.
(d) Blue and gold.

4. Whom did Saroyan consider his "rival"?
(a) O'Connor.
(b) Faulkner.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Fitzgerald.

5. How many miles away was Tenafly from Teaneck?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

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

4. In what city was Bishop Balakian buried?

5. Where was Balakian giving the poetry reading which his Aunt Anna attended?

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