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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to a 1996 article in the New York Times, what did Turkey lead all other nations in?
(a) The number of professors fired for their political activism.
(b) The number of imprisoned politicians.
(c) The number of human rights activists executed.
(d) The number of imprisoned journalists.

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

3. What did Talaat Pasha predict the economic loss of the Armenians would be when he spoke to Morgenthau?
(a) Five million pounds.
(b) Seven million pounds.
(c) Ten million pounds.
(d) Two million pounds.

4. Who signed the documents outlining the Turkish plan for the extermination of the Armenian nation?
(a) Djemal Pasha.
(b) Talaat Pasha.
(c) Abdul Hamid.
(d) Enver Pasha.

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

6. In what year was the construction of the Der Zor memorial completed?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1995.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1997.

7. Who wrote The Nazi Doctors?
(a) Heath Lowry.
(b) Robert Jay Lifton.
(c) Norman Itzkowitz.
(d) Bernard Lewis.

8. What kind of business did Dovey's family run in the United States?
(a) Taxi.
(b) Office cleaning.
(c) Dry cleaning.
(d) Courier.

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

10. Approximately how many Armenian women were forced to dance in the Diarbekir square when Dovey saw them?
(a) 20 to 25.
(b) 10 to 15.
(c) 15 to 20.
(d) 25 to 30.

11. What was the Syrian government doing when the bones of Der Zor victims were dug up?
(a) Planning a new city.
(b) Probing for natural gas.
(c) Probing for oil.
(d) Constructing a highway.

12. When did Hitler mention the fact that nobody now remembered the Armenians?
(a) A week before the invading France.
(b) A week before invading Poland.
(c) During the Wansee Conference.
(d) Right before Kristallnacht.

13. How many katchkars were at the Holy Martyrs Armenian Church in Der Zor?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Twelve.

14. During the death march Dovey was on, what did the Armenians eat when they were near the Roman ruins at Ourfa?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Grasshoppers.
(c) Beetles.
(d) Snakes.

15. About how many Armenians were sent on the forced marches into the desert during the first six months of the genocide?
(a) 1.5 million.
(b) 800,000.
(c) 1.8 million.
(d) 1.2 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Ambassador Morgenthau's Story published?

2. When was the Umayyad Mosque built?

3. In what year was Morgenthau appointed ambassador to Turkey?

4. Why was Dr. Reyhadi refused admittance into the Balakian's country club?

5. What did the U.S. House of Representatives do in May 1996 as a protest against Turkish denials of the genocide?

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