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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 professors fired for their political activism.
(c) The number of human rights activists executed.
(d) The number of imprisoned journalists.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Where was Balakian giving the poetry reading which his Aunt Anna attended?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Long Island.
(d) Queens.

10. What kind of business did Dovey's family run in the United States?
(a) Courier.
(b) Dry cleaning.
(c) Taxi.
(d) Office cleaning.

11. According to the quote from Ambassador Morgenthau, for how many days did the 18,000 Armenians march, before arriving in Aleppo during an early death march?
(a) Ninety days.
(b) Eighty days.
(c) Sixty days.
(d) Seventy days.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the death march Dovey was on, what did the Armenians eat when they were near the Roman ruins at Ourfa?

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. Along with Constantinople and Baku, what was considered one of the three cosmopolitan centers of Armenian culture?

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

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

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