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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Lech Walesa.
(b) Karol Wojtyla.
(c) Szmul Zygielbojm.
(d) Jan Karski.

2. What term does the Allied condemnation apply to Turkey's persecution of the Armenians?
(a) Racism.
(b) Ethnic cleansing.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Crimes against humanity.

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

4. The Allies set up an international military tribunal in ________________ to prosecute Nazi war criminals.
(a) Nuremberg.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) Copenhagen.

5. The enforcement mechanisms spelled out in the convention are more explicit about _____________ than _________ of genocide.
(a) Exemptions from; punishment.
(b) Prevention; punishment.
(c) Definition; prevention.
(d) Punishment; prevention.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Iraq's president appoint as secretary-general of the Northern Bureau?

2. On what date does the Allied government condemn Turkey's action against the Armenians?

3. As information about Hitler's extermination of the Jews becomes more widespread, what is the reaction of the majority of people?

4. As the resolution is discussed, some delegates advocate the use of ____________ instead of "genocide."

5. What is the reaction of many countries to refugees that they knew would be killed if forced to return to Germany?

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