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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his discussion of his Aunt Anna's education, what did Balakian say was the percentage of female PhD's in the early 1940s?
(a) 13%.
(b) 21?
(c) 16%.
(d) 8%.

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

3. In what city was Bishop Balakian buried?
(a) Avignon.
(b) Marseilles.
(c) Paris.
(d) Vienna.

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

5. In what nation is Nagorno-Karabagh currently located?
(a) Turkmenistan.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Uzbekistan.
(d) Azerbaijan.

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

7. What city managed to protect itself from Turkish invaders in the 17th century, thereby stopping the expansion of Ottoman power throughout Western Europe?
(a) Salzburg.
(b) Munich.
(c) Paris.
(d) Vienna.

8. What does the name Zivart mean in Armenian?
(a) Joy.
(b) Love.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Peace.

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

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

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

12. Where was the Armenian King Leo V buried?
(a) Nice.
(b) Marseilles.
(c) Paris.
(d) St. Denis.

13. Where were the Roman ruins visited by Balakian in Syria, after his visit to Der Zor?
(a) Aleppo.
(b) Damascus.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Palymra.

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

15. What disease did Balakian's grandmother almost die from when the family was in Aleppo?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Dysentery.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the UN declare genocide a crime against humanity?

2. What is a hamal?

3. Approximately how many Armenian women were forced to dance in the Diarbekir square when Dovey saw them?

4. In what year was the memoir Armenian Golgotha reissued (in Armenian)?

5. Who wrote The Nazi Doctors?

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