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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many words did the World Book encyclopedia have on Armenia when Balakian tried to research his culture?
(a) 200.
(b) 500.
(c) 100.
(d) 400.

2. In what year was Nersesian College founded?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1723.
(d) 1835.

3. What town did Balakian's grandmother mention when she was discussing the death march, as he lay in bed sick?
(a) Der Zor.
(b) Diarbekir.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Aleppo.

4. What injury did Balakian sustain on the football field during August practice before his sophomore year?
(a) Pulled Achilles' heel.
(b) Heat exhaustion.
(c) Heatstroke.
(d) Torn knee ligament.

5. What is pakht?
(a) The force of love.
(b) The force of fate.
(c) Love.
(d) Dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did Balakian's cousin Haigie play?

2. What Ivy League university was involved in many of the disputes about Turkish denial of the genocide?

3. In what year did Balakian first discover a love for poetry while in English class?

4. What colors were the threads on the brocade of Mr. Blumenthal's yarmulke?

5. What city managed to protect itself from Turkish invaders in the 17th century, thereby stopping the expansion of Ottoman power throughout Western Europe?

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