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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Bloody News, From Page 199 Through Page 269.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the quote from Ambassador Morgenthau, for how many days did the 18,000 Armenians march, before arriving in Aleppo during an early death march?
(a) Seventy days.
(b) Ninety days.
(c) Eighty days.
(d) Sixty days.

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

3. What meat did the Balakian family frequently eat for dinner?
(a) Beef.
(b) Lamb.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Goat.

4. What was the name of the poetry journal Balakian founded in 1976?
(a) Crabtree Lane Review.
(b) Graham House Review.
(c) Surrealism Review.
(d) Oak Street Review.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children were in the Wall family?

2. Approximately how many Armenians were slaughtered in Diarbekir in 1915?

3. Why did Balakian not like the works of Anais Nin, who was friends with his aunt?

4. In what German city did Diran Balakian study medicine?

5. What does the name Zivart mean in Armenian?

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