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

2. What did Balakian say best represented his family's assimilation in American society?
(a) His family's life in suburbia.
(b) His family's country club membership.
(c) His father's medical practice.
(d) His family's education.

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

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

5. What advice did Balakian (at the urging of his aunt) reluctantly seek from William Saroyan?
(a) Advice on breaking into poetry.
(b) Recommendations for typewriters.
(c) Advice on purchasing a car.
(d) Recommendations for poetry journals.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was the attorney's office which helped Balakian's grandmother file the compensation claim?

2. Whose voice did Balakian describe as hitting him "as broken glass under a tire"?

3. How long had Balakian's father known Dr. Reynadi?

4. Where did Balakian and his father meet the Indian dressed as a chief during their cross-country tour?

5. What anniversary was the Soviet Armenian Republic celebrating when Balakian's father wrote to his son at college urging him to learn more about the country?

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