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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 Biblical figure were the Jewish boys arguing about during the baseball game in "An Armenian Jew in Suburbia"?
(a) Moses' wife.
(b) Joshua's wife.
(c) Noah's wife.
(d) Abraham's wife.

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

3. Who was Balakian's first anti-hero?
(a) Holden Caulfield.
(b) Marlon Brando.
(c) Benjamin Braddock.
(d) James Dean.

4. What colors were the threads on the brocade of Mr. Blumenthal's yarmulke?
(a) Blue and gold.
(b) Silver and gold.
(c) Blue and yellow.
(d) Silver and blue.

5. According to Armenian legend, what animal was Adam's first companion in the Garden of Eden?
(a) Snake.
(b) Elk.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Musk ox.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Balakian and his father when the young woman spoke to the father about leaving her abusive husband?

2. Where did the Ottoman Turks originally come from?

3. What was the name of the private school Balakian was made to attend for high school?

4. Who was Zia Gokalp?

5. Approximately how many Armenian women were forced to dance in the Diarbekir square when Dovey saw them?

(see the answer key)

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