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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chain of Words.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What poet's work was the class dissecting when Balakian challenged another student's interpretation of the words?
(a) William Butler Yeats.
(b) Sylvia Plath.
(c) Robert Frost.
(d) Hart Crane.

3. Why was Balakian's father unable to serve during World War II?
(a) Poor eyesight.
(b) High blood pressure.
(c) A limp.
(d) Poor hearing.

4. In what grade was Peter during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Eighth.

5. What did Aunt Nona major in while at Barnard?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) History.
(d) Economics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does odar mean?

2. What was Balakian's temperature when he was delirious with the measles?

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

4. What degree was Balakian's girlfriend working on when he visited her, instead of going to his grandmother's memorial service?

5. What does the word hokee mean?

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