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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Approximately how many Armenian women were forced to dance in the Diarbekir square when Dovey saw them?
(a) 15 to 20.
(b) 25 to 30.
(c) 10 to 15.
(d) 20 to 25.

3. How many Armenian children were in the school photograph taken in Aleppo in 1920?
(a) 54.
(b) 60.
(c) 64.
(d) 70.

4. How was Dovey related to Balakian's grandmother?
(a) They were sisters.
(b) Dovey was Nafina's second cousin.
(c) They were cousins.
(d) Dovey was Nafina's niece.

5. What was the Syrian government doing when the bones of Der Zor victims were dug up?
(a) Constructing a highway.
(b) Probing for natural gas.
(c) Probing for oil.
(d) Planning a new city.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was the attorney's office which helped Balakian's grandmother file the compensation claim?

2. What did the U.S. House of Representatives do in May 1996 as a protest against Turkish denials of the genocide?

3. Who was the only invader to have successfully stormed the massive walls built in Aleppo by Ghazi?

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

5. What Ivy League university was involved in many of the disputes about Turkish denial of the genocide?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Balakian feel about claims that the Turkish denials fall under free speech?

2. What was the deeper significance of the way in which Dovey's father was killed?

3. How did Balakian's aunts justify the family's inability to talk about the genocide when he was a child?

4. How did the atmosphere of Syria differ from that of Lebanon when Balakian visited in 2005?

5. Why did the Armenians form reform movements under Ottoman rule during the 1890s?

6. How did American Ambassador Morgenthau attempt to help the Armenians?

7. What was the deeper significance of the 500 pairs of shoes stolen by the Turks from Balakian's grandfather?

8. What was significant about Nafina's attempt to seek compensation from the Turkish government by filing documents in the United States?

9. Why did Balakian take the bones from the memorial site at Der Zor?

10. What was significant about the murder of 250 Armenian intellectuals on the eve of the genocide and what was significant about Bishop Balakian's survival?

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