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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 was the name of the poetry journal Balakian founded in 1976?
(a) Graham House Review.
(b) Surrealism Review.
(c) Crabtree Lane Review.
(d) Oak Street Review.

2. What grocery store did Peter and his grandmother shop at?
(a) A&P.
(b) Safeway.
(c) Wegman's.
(d) Kroger's.

3. How was Dovey related to Balakian's grandmother?
(a) Dovey was Nafina's niece.
(b) Dovey was Nafina's second cousin.
(c) They were cousins.
(d) They were sisters.

4. What treatment did Balakian's grandmother receive after suffering a breakdown because of the attack on Pearl Harbor?
(a) Electroshock therapy.
(b) Hospitalization.
(c) None.
(d) Medication.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color dress did Auntie Anna wear while delivering a talk at Balakian's college?

2. At what age did Peter Balakian begin attending Columbia football games with his father?

3. Until what year were Christians forbidden to serve in the Ottoman army?

4. Who did the Armenian refugee, Soghomon Tehlirian, assassinate in 1921?

5. In what year did Balakian's father save the man having the heart attack at a Columbia game?

(see the answer key)

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