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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lemkin realizes that for a genocide convention to be passed and ratified, he needs to appeal to the _____________ of the delegates.
(a) Domestic political interests.
(b) Pocketbooks.
(c) Intellect and emotions.
(d) Foreign political interests.

2. What is the name of the Polish diplomat and Roman Catholic who infiltrates first the Warsaw ghetto and later a death camp in order to report on Jewish suffering?
(a) Lech Walesa.
(b) Jan Karski.
(c) Szmul Zygielbojm.
(d) Karol Wojtyla.

3. Power witnesses the Serbs' takeover of:
(a) Srbrenica.
(b) Sarajevo.
(c) Split.
(d) Pristina.

4. Lemkin had read many of the histories detailing what crime?
(a) Mass suicide.
(b) Treason.
(c) Rape.
(d) Mass slaughter.

5. Ultimately, Lemkin's fight is for an international law on ________________.
(a) War crimes.
(b) Legal standards.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Financial standards.

6. The United States has done ______________ in actual situations of crimes against humanity.
(a) Little.
(b) A great deal.
(c) More than its fair share.
(d) Nothing.

7. Lemkin had long been fascinated by ____________.
(a) Islam.
(b) Atrocity.
(c) Insurrection.
(d) Judaism.

8. People have often argued that the United States don't know what is happening in countries where ___________ is occurring.
(a) Poverty.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Civil war.
(d) Genocide.

9. What American institution presents some discussion on actions that the U.S. could have taken to help Jews?
(a) The World War II Memorial.
(b) The Smithsonian Institution.
(c) The Museum of American History.
(d) The U.S. Holocaust Museum.

10. The term "class enemy" that is used by the Khmer Rouge often translated into which group of people?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Intellectuals.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Clergy.

11. There has been __________ public recognition of the Allies' inaction with regard to the Holocaust.
(a) A great deal of.
(b) No.
(c) Very little.
(d) Some.

12. How does Proxmire make his case for ratification of the genocide treaty?
(a) He gives a daily speech on genocide on the Senate floor.
(b) He hosts a daily national talk show about genocide.
(c) He calls for a vote on the treaty every day on the Senate floor.
(d) He travels the world and made documentaries exposing acts of genocide.

13. In what country does the Khmer Rouge conduct its genocidal campaign?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Laos.
(c) Cambodia.
(d) Burma.

14. In what country is Power a journalist during the genocide that takes place in the former Yugoslavia?
(a) Serbia.
(b) Bosnia.
(c) Croatia.
(d) Montenegro.

15. Some who are opposed to the United States' ratification of the genocide treaty think it would be used to target the United States for its treatment of __________________.
(a) African Americans and Japanese Americans.
(b) Native Americans and African Americans.
(c) Native Americans and Japanese Americans.
(d) Native Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the preface, Power identifies which Serbian leader as the ringleader of the Bosnian genocide?

2. As information about Hitler's extermination of the Jews becomes more widespread, what is the reaction of the majority of people?

3. Upon what group does Lemkin take out his frustration over the United States' slowness to ratify the genocide treaty?

4. Which of the following issues are not among those that the United States feared would be used against them under the genocide treaty?

5. The nationalists who kill the young Sarajevan of whom Power spoke are of what ethnicity?

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