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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. About how many Armenians were sent on the forced marches into the desert during the first six months of the genocide?
(a) 1.5 million.
(b) 1.2 million.
(c) 800,000.
(d) 1.8 million.

3. According to the compensation claim document, how old was Nafina's father when he was killed?
(a) 70.
(b) 75.
(c) 58.
(d) 65.

4. In what year were Turkish government archives from the genocide period first opened?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1979.

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

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

7. At what age were young boys forcibly conscripted as Janissaries for the Ottoman Empire?
(a) Between 10 and 12.
(b) Between 11 and 13.
(c) Between 12 and 14.
(d) Between 13 and 15.

8. When did Hitler mention the fact that nobody now remembered the Armenians?
(a) During the Wansee Conference.
(b) A week before invading Poland.
(c) A week before the invading France.
(d) Right before Kristallnacht.

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

10. In what city was the attorney's office which helped Balakian's grandmother file the compensation claim?
(a) New York.
(b) Newark.
(c) Tenafly.
(d) Atlantic City.

11. Who signed the documents outlining the Turkish plan for the extermination of the Armenian nation?
(a) Djemal Pasha.
(b) Abdul Hamid.
(c) Enver Pasha.
(d) Talaat Pasha.

12. 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.

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

14. In what year was the construction of the Der Zor memorial completed?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1997.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1995.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did a devastating earthquake hit Armenia?

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

3. In what year did Auntie Lu's father arrive in New Jersey?

4. In what year was the term genocide coined?

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

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