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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Until what year were Christians forbidden to serve in the Ottoman army?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1910.

2. In what year did the Columbia Lions win the Rose Bowl?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1931.

3. How old was Peter Balakian when his aunts began taking him on the house-viewing expeditions?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

4. How many Crusades passed through Byzantium on the way to the Holy Land?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

5. Where did Balakian and his father meet the Indian dressed as a chief during their cross-country tour?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Yellowstone.
(d) The Black Hills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Ginsberg poem did Balakian's mother want several copies of?

2. What is the name of the torte made with shredded wheat?

3. When did the deportations of Armenians into the Syrian desert begin?

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

5. How many Turks did the Turkish-American groups claim had died during World War I?

(see the answer key)

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