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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year was Haigazian University founded?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1955.

3. In what German city did Diran Balakian study medicine?
(a) Munich.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Colgne.
(d) Leipzig.

4. How was Dovey related to Balakian's grandmother?
(a) Dovey was Nafina's niece.
(b) Dovey was Nafina's second cousin.
(c) They were cousins.
(d) They were sisters.

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

6. In what year did Armenian refuges settle in Anjar?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1942.

7. In what part of Syria is Der Zor located?
(a) Southern.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Western.
(d) Northern.

8. In what month and year did Balakian's grandmother initiate formal compensation claims against the Turkish government?
(a) May 1919.
(b) April 1918.
(c) June 1920.
(d) May 1921.

9. To what Lebanese city was the Holy See of Cilicia relocated after the Armenian genocide?
(a) Tripoli.
(b) Antelias.
(c) Tyre.
(d) Sidon.

10. How long had Syria occupied Lebanon when Balakian visited?
(a) 29 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 33 years.
(d) 20 years.

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

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

13. In what year was Ambassador Morgenthau's Story published?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1919.

14. Along with Constantinople and Baku, what was considered one of the three cosmopolitan centers of Armenian culture?
(a) Diarbekir.
(b) Tokat.
(c) Etchmiadzin.
(d) Tiflis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Umayyad Mosque built?

2. When did Hitler mention the fact that nobody now remembered the Armenians?

3. What is a hamal?

4. In what city did Balakian's co-worker Jimmy grow up?

5. How old was Aunt Gladys when the deportations began?

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