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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 the traditional day of commemoration of the Armenian genocide?
(a) April 24.
(b) May 24.
(c) April 30.
(d) April 18.

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

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

4. What was the name of the poet with whom Balakian started his journal?
(a) Bruce Smith.
(b) William Saroyan.
(c) Karl Shapiro.
(d) Jack Wheatcroft.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What baseball team did Peter and his grandmother root for?

2. In what year was Nersesian College founded?

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

4. In what part of Syria is Der Zor located?

5. What is involved in the torture method called bastinado?

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