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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 part of Syria is Der Zor located?
(a) Western.
(b) Northern.
(c) Southern.
(d) Eastern.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade did Abdul Hamid massacre Armenians?

2. In what month and year did Balakian's grandmother initiate formal compensation claims against the Turkish government?

3. How many Armenian children were in the school photograph taken in Aleppo in 1920?

4. Why was Dr. Reyhadi refused admittance into the Balakian's country club?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Aunt Anna likely embrace surrealism rather than realism in literature?

2. How does numbness help people who have endured great horrors?

3. How does genocide denial affect the survivors and their descendants?

4. Why was Balakian surprised the Syrian government suppressed published works about the Armenian genocide?

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

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

7. What was Nafina's reaction to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor?

8. How has the Turkish government used its influence to prevent honest discussion of the Armenian genocide over the years?

9. What were the Young Turks like in terms of personality and education?

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

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