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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Szmul Zygielbojm die?
(a) He dies of a heart attack.
(b) He commits suicide.
(c) He dies of natural causes.
(d) He is executed in a death camp.

2. Who coins the word "genocide" to describe the atrocities in Nazi Germany and in Turkey?
(a) Lemkin.
(b) Karski.
(c) Zygielbojm.
(d) Roosevelt.

3. What bad news does Zygielbojm receive in 1943?
(a) His wife and child had died in the Warsaw ghetto.
(b) His wife had died in the Krakow ghetto.
(c) His wife and child had died at Auschwitz.
(d) He was to be deported to Treblinka.

4. In July 1995, Serb forces invade Srbrenica, which is considered a:
(a) Refugee camp.
(b) Autonomous region.
(c) Safe area.
(d) Major city.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Bosnian Serb commander who directs the Srbrenica genocide?

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?

3. What is the name of the UN official who releases a report on July 24, 1995, that says 7,000 Srbrenica residents have disappeared?

4. What American institution presents some discussion on actions that the U.S. could have taken to help Jews?

5. In what year does the Genocide Convention Implementation Act become law?

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