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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Balakian carry the bones he collected at Der Zor when he went through customs in New York?
(a) His check-in luggage.
(b) His coat pocket.
(c) His jeans pocket.
(d) A leather shoulder bag.

2. In what year did a devastating earthquake hit Armenia?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1985.

3. When did the deportations of Armenians into the Syrian desert begin?
(a) Spring 1915.
(b) Summer 1916.
(c) Fall 1914.
(d) Spring 1916.

4. In what year did the UN declare genocide a crime against humanity?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1943.

5. Where did Nafina and Dovey bump into each other in New York, several years after the genocide?
(a) Lord and Taylor.
(b) Macy's.
(c) Saks.
(d) Filene's.

6. In what year was the memoir Armenian Golgotha reissued (in Armenian)?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1977.

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

8. In what year was Morgenthau appointed ambassador to Turkey?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1915.

9. What movie was showing on the airplane when Balakian returned to the United States?
(a) Gandhi.
(b) Ray.
(c) Million Dollar Baby.
(d) Ali.

10. What Ivy League university was involved in many of the disputes about Turkish denial of the genocide?
(a) Brown.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

11. What did Nafina work as in Aleppo, before emigrating to the United States?
(a) A tailoress.
(b) A cook.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A maid.

12. In what year was the Treaty of Lausanne signed?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1919.

13. How old was Aunt Gladys when the deportations began?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Eight.

14. In what decade did Abdul Hamid massacre Armenians?
(a) 1880s.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1870s.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In his discussion of his Aunt Anna's education, what did Balakian say was the percentage of female PhD's in the early 1940s?

3. How long had Syria occupied Lebanon when Balakian visited?

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

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

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