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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to a 1996 article in the New York Times, what did Turkey lead all other nations in?
(a) The number of imprisoned politicians.
(b) The number of professors fired for their political activism.
(c) The number of human rights activists executed.
(d) The number of imprisoned journalists.

2. In what city did Balakian's co-worker Jimmy grow up?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Raleigh.
(c) Durham.
(d) Atlanta.

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

4. What Ginsberg poem did Balakian's mother want several copies of?
(a) Howl.
(b) Hum Bomb.
(c) Please Master.
(d) Kaddish.

5. What did Balakian say best represented his family's assimilation in American society?
(a) His family's country club membership.
(b) His family's life in suburbia.
(c) His family's education.
(d) His father's medical practice.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month and year did Balakian's grandmother initiate formal compensation claims against the Turkish government?

2. Why was Balakian's father unable to serve during World War II?

3. About how many Armenians were sent on the forced marches into the desert during the first six months of the genocide?

4. According to the quote from Ambassador Morgenthau, for how many days did the 18,000 Armenians march, before arriving in Aleppo during an early death march?

5. What instrument did Balakian's cousin Haigie play?

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