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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the term genocide coined?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1948.

2. How many Armenians out of one group of 18,000 reached the city of Aleppo after their march?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 400.
(c) 150.
(d) 500.

3. What happened when 2,000 starving Armenian women and children stumbled through Aleppo, Syria in 1915?
(a) The Turkish officers ordered the Armenians removed.
(b) The Turkish officers attacked local Syrians.
(c) The local Syrians joined in attacking the Armenians.
(d) The local Syrians attacked Turkish officers.

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

5. In what year did the Young Turks take over the crumbling Ottoman Empire?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1910.

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

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

8. When was the Umayyad Mosque built?
(a) Early seventh century.
(b) Early eighth century.
(c) Late eighth century.
(d) Early ninth century.

9. In what year was Ambassador Morgenthau's Story published?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1917.

10. What is a hamal?
(a) Dock loader.
(b) Ambassador.
(c) Turkish police officer.
(d) Government official.

11. Where did Nafina and Dovey bump into each other in New York, several years after the genocide?
(a) Filene's.
(b) Lord and Taylor.
(c) Macy's.
(d) Saks.

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

13. In what nation is Nagorno-Karabagh currently located?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Turkmenistan.
(c) Azerbaijan.
(d) Uzbekistan.

14. Why was Dr. Reyhadi refused admittance into the Balakian's country club?
(a) He was Jewish.
(b) He was black.
(c) He was Muslim.
(d) He was Persian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Nersesian College founded?

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

3. Who signed the documents outlining the Turkish plan for the extermination of the Armenian nation?

4. Who wrote The Nazi Doctors?

5. How many Armenian soldiers defended their country when half a million Persian soldiers invaded in the fifth century?

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