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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Black Arrow?
(a) French warship.
(b) American warship.
(c) German warship.
(d) British warship.

2. In what year was the term genocide coined?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1943.

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

4. When did the deportations of Armenians into the Syrian desert begin?
(a) Fall 1914.
(b) Spring 1915.
(c) Summer 1916.
(d) Spring 1916.

5. At what time did Balakian and his friend Ed Harrison routinely sneak out of their houses to explore the town?
(a) 1 a.m.
(b) 3 a.m.
(c) 4 a.m.
(d) Midnight.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did a devastating earthquake hit Armenia?

3. What kind of trees do the silkworms come from?

4. What baseball team did Peter and his grandmother root for?

5. What book caused a racial flareup among the football players during Balakian's freshmen year at college?

(see the answer key)

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