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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Allies have ____________ intelligence on Hitler's extermination of European Jews.
(a) Some.
(b) Zero.
(c) A great deal of.
(d) Very little.

2. Senator Proxmire continues to give a speech a day to the Senate on genocide. By the early __________, more Americans seem to be open to the idea of ratifying the genocide treaty.
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1990s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1980s.

3. From whom does the most detailed evidence of the atrocities come?
(a) Journalists who are stationed in the region.
(b) The area's UN special reporter for human rights.
(c) Three Muslim women who escape.
(d) Three Muslim men who survive a massacre.

4. In what city is Szmul Zygielbojm, the man who releases a report prepared by an underground Jewish society in Poland that detailed the tactics Nazis were using to kill the Jews, located?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) London.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Berlin.

5. The U.S. and Western countries believe the Serbs will try to ______________ Srbrenica, based on their intelligence.
(a) Neutralize.
(b) Avoid.
(c) Destroy.
(d) Besiege.

Short Answer Questions

1. This country frequently cuts down U.S. criticisms of other countries by saying "a country that had not even contracted to the genocide convention had no right to lecture the Soviet Union on human rights."

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

3. What is the name of the book that Lemkin publishes in his attempt to help people believe the claims?

4. What is the purpose of President Reagan's trip to Germany, which includes a visit to Germany's Bitburg Cemetery?

5. The Serbians separate the men and boys in Srbrenica from the women and girls. What happens to the women and girls?

(see the answer key)

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