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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Mauthausen.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Treblinka.
(d) Bergen-Belsen.

2. Key to the definition of genocide is that it is an attempt to wipe out an entire:
(a) Religion.
(b) Race.
(c) Ethnicity.
(d) Group.

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

4. What is the reaction of many countries to refugees that they knew would be killed if forced to return to Germany?
(a) They report them to the Nazis.
(b) They refuse them entry.
(c) They put them in refugee camps.
(d) They grant them asylum.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. On February 18, 1986:

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

3. 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?

4. During the Srbrenica massacre, how many Muslims, mostly men and boys are killed?

5. 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."

(see the answer key)

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