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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Amsterdam.
(c) London.
(d) Berlin.

2. 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 grant them asylum.
(d) They put them in refugee camps.

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

4. What is the name of the book that Lemkin publishes in his attempt to help people believe the claims?
(a) Axis Rule in Occupied Europe.
(b) Occupied Europe under Axis Rule.
(c) The Jewish Solution.
(d) Hitler's Extermination Program in Occupied Europe.

5. As information about Hitler's extermination of the Jews becomes more widespread, what is the reaction of the majority of people?
(a) They start massive relief efforts.
(b) They rush to recruiting offices to help fight against the Nazis.
(c) They don't care.
(d) They can't believe what they are hearing and seeing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Turkey claims its actions are necessary to suppress _______________.

2. What is the name of the leader of the Khmer Rouge?

3. How many chemical attacks take place against the Kurds throughout Iraq?

4. There has been __________ public recognition of the Allies' inaction with regard to the Holocaust.

5. Key to the definition of genocide is that it is an attempt to wipe out an entire:

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