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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI: Commemoration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the Armenian empire at its height?
(a) 25 BCE.
(b) 50 BCE.
(c) 50 CE.
(d) 100 BCE.

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

3. What city managed to protect itself from Turkish invaders in the 17th century, thereby stopping the expansion of Ottoman power throughout Western Europe?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Munich.
(c) Salzburg.
(d) Paris.

4. How old was Aunt Gladys when the deportations began?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

5. In what year did Peter's grandmother die?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1966.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the poetry journal Balakian founded in 1976?

2. In what year was the memoir Armenian Golgotha reissued (in Armenian)?

3. In what year did Auntie Lu's father arrive in New Jersey?

4. Why did Balakian not like the works of Anais Nin, who was friends with his aunt?

5. Whose biography was Peter's grandmother reading when he came down late at night to get a bite to eat?

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