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

Multiple Choice 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."
(a) Great Britain.
(b) Germany.
(c) The Soviet Union.
(d) Vietnam.

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) 1980s.
(d) 1970s.

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

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) London.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Warsaw.

5. After the U.S. embassy in London cables Washington with news of the Srbrenica atrocities, how do senior U.S. and UN officials treat the situation?
(a) As a military situation.
(b) As an international humanitarian crisis.
(c) As an act of war.
(d) As nothing out of the ordinary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Senator Bob Dole introduces a bill in the U.S. Senate that calls for what measure to be taken in order to help the Muslims in the Balkans?

3. Policymakers in favor of ratification argue not only for the moral imperatives but also that non-ratification is:

4. From whom does the most detailed evidence of the atrocities come?

5. Which concentration camp does Reagan visit during his trip to Germany in response to people's complaints about his laying a wreath at a cemetery that includes the graves of nearly 50 Nazi SS officials?

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