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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 instrument did Balakian's cousin Haigie play?
(a) Piano.
(b) Violin.
(c) Flute.
(d) Cello.

2. What is bakshish?
(a) A salesperson.
(b) A legal document.
(c) A bribe.
(d) An army.

3. In his discussion of his Aunt Anna's education, what did Balakian say was the percentage of female PhD's in the early 1940s?
(a) 13%.
(b) 21?
(c) 8%.
(d) 16%.

4. What movie was being played at the Times Square theater when Balakian spoke at the commemoration?
(a) Sophie's Choice.
(b) Schindler's List.
(c) Apocalpyse Now.
(d) The Killing Fields.

5. In what year did Balakian's grandmother give a commemorative speech about the genocide?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1935.

Short Answer Questions

1. What singer did the man in the motorcycle jacket on the bus remind Peter of?

2. What popular song was played at Lenny Cohen's bar mitzvah?

3. In what city did Balakian's co-worker Jimmy grow up?

4. Where was the Armenian King Leo V buried?

5. To which American writer did Balakian send his poems while at Bucknell College?

(see the answer key)

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