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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did Aunt Nona begin institutional schooling?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Sixteen.

2. In what city was Bishop Balakian buried?
(a) Avignon.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Marseilles.
(d) Paris.

3. What baseball team did Peter and his grandmother root for?
(a) Philadelphia Phillies.
(b) New York Yankees.
(c) New York Mets.
(d) Chicago White Sox.

4. What is the significance of Mt. Ararat?
(a) It is where Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son.
(b) It is where the Armenian people accepted Christianity.
(c) It is where Noah's Ark reportedly landed.
(d) It is where the Ten Commandments were handed down.

5. In what year was the memoir Armenian Golgotha reissued (in Armenian)?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1987.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is pakht?

2. What item, stolen from her family by the Turks, did Balakian's grandmother find in the home of a family in Aleppo?

3. On how many hills was Constantinople built?

4. Where did Franklin Delano Roosevelt attend prep school?

5. For what did Balakian win a trophy at the end of his first year at the private high school?

(see the answer key)

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