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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Bloody News, Through Page 198.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What college did Balakian's father say was "better than its name"?
(a) Kalamazoo.
(b) Harvey Mudd.
(c) Brown.
(d) Dartmouth.

2. Approximately how many Armenians were slaughtered in Diarbekir in 1915?
(a) 75,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 100,000.

3. What does the name Arax mean?
(a) Current.
(b) Prosperity.
(c) Turbulence.
(d) Peace.

4. In what decade did Abdul Hamid massacre Armenians?
(a) 1890s.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1870s.
(d) 1880s.

5. At what age were young boys forcibly conscripted as Janissaries for the Ottoman Empire?
(a) Between 12 and 14.
(b) Between 11 and 13.
(c) Between 10 and 12.
(d) Between 13 and 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Roman Emperor Constantine turn Byzantium into the imperial residence?

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

3. What prize did William Saroyan turn down for his play, "The Time of Your Life," in 1943?

4. What popular song was played at Lenny Cohen's bar mitzvah?

5. In grandmother's dream about her friend Nevart (described in "The Woman in Blue"), what was Nevart drinking?

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