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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VII: Syria 2005.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What baseball legend was Balakian reading about while he was sick with the measles?
(a) Willie Mays.
(b) Babe Ruth.
(c) Roger Maris.
(d) Jackie Robinson.

2. What was Balakian's temperature when he was delirious with the measles?
(a) 104.
(b) 102.
(c) 106.
(d) 105.

3. What did the U.S. House of Representatives do in May 1996 as a protest against Turkish denials of the genocide?
(a) They recalled the U.S. Ambassdor.
(b) They refused to sell military planes to Turkey.
(c) They cut aid to Turkey.
(d) They passed a resolution.

4. In what year did Balakian first discover a love for poetry while in English class?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1967.

5. Whose assassination was gripping the people of Lebanon when Balakian arrived in Beirut in 2005?
(a) Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
(b) Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
(c) President Walid Jumblatt.
(d) President Michel Aoun.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a 1996 article in the New York Times, what did Turkey lead all other nations in?

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

3. In what year was Haigazian University founded?

4. What color were the kitchen cabinets in the Balakian's new home in Tenafly?

5. At what age were young boys forcibly conscripted as Janissaries for the Ottoman Empire?

(see the answer key)

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