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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Bloody News, From Page 199 Through Page 269.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Armenian soldiers defended their country when half a million Persian soldiers invaded in the fifth century?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 60,000.

2. In what year was the Armenian empire at its height?
(a) 50 BCE.
(b) 50 CE.
(c) 100 BCE.
(d) 25 BCE.

3. In what year did the Young Turks take over the crumbling Ottoman Empire?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1908.

4. In what year was Balakian sick with the measles?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1962.

5. When did the deportations of Armenians into the Syrian desert begin?
(a) Spring 1915.
(b) Spring 1916.
(c) Fall 1914.
(d) Summer 1916.

Short Answer Questions

1. What American author was NOT mentioned as the topic of one of Aunt Anna's published literary books?

2. Where did Franklin Delano Roosevelt attend prep school?

3. In what year did Roman Emperor Constantine turn Byzantium into the imperial residence?

4. Where had Balakian learned the stories of the Bible?

5. What team was Columbia playing when the fan had a heart attack?

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