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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Turks did the Turkish-American groups claim had died during World War I?
(a) 2 million.
(b) 3 million.
(c) 1.5 million.
(d) 2.5 million.

2. What is involved in the torture method called bastinado?
(a) Waterboarding.
(b) Hot pincers.
(c) Beating the soles of the feet.
(d) Pulling out fingernails.

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

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

5. When did the first Armenian genocide resolution come before the U.S. Congress?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1988.

6. What movie was being played at the Times Square theater when Balakian spoke at the commemoration?
(a) Apocalpyse Now.
(b) Schindler's List.
(c) Sophie's Choice.
(d) The Killing Fields.

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

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

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

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

11. In what year did Balakian's grandmother give a commemorative speech about the genocide?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1939.

12. In what city did Balakian's co-worker Jimmy grow up?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Durham.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Raleigh.

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

14. In what year was Nersesian College founded?
(a) 1835.
(b) 1723.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1854.

15. How did Dovey's daughter Margaret die?
(a) Brain tumor.
(b) Skin cancer.
(c) Breast cancer.
(d) Leukemia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Until what year were Christians forbidden to serve in the Ottoman army?

2. In what year did the Young Turks take over the crumbling Ottoman Empire?

3. What disease did Balakian's grandmother almost die from when the family was in Aleppo?

4. In what Turkish city did Abdul Hamid loyalists carry out atrocities against the Armenians in 1909?

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

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