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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the memoir Armenian Golgotha reissued (in Armenian)?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1987.

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

3. Whom did Saroyan consider his "rival"?
(a) O'Connor.
(b) Faulkner.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Fitzgerald.

4. What color dress did Auntie Anna wear while delivering a talk at Balakian's college?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

5. In what year did the author's family move to Tenafly, New Jersey?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Zia Gokalp?

2. In what year was the term genocide coined?

3. How was Dovey related to Balakian's grandmother?

4. About how many Armenians were sent on the forced marches into the desert during the first six months of the genocide?

5. In what year did the Columbia Lions win the Rose Bowl?

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