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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what country is Power a journalist during the genocide that takes place in the former Yugoslavia?
(a) Montenegro.
(b) Serbia.
(c) Bosnia.
(d) Croatia.

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

3. Which U.S. government official does Lemkin try to approach regarding Hitler?
(a) President Roosevelt.
(b) Secretary of State Cordell Hull
(c) Vice-President Truman.
(d) Secretary of War Henry Stimson

4. People have often argued that the United States don't know what is happening in countries where ___________ is occurring.
(a) Genocide.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Civil war.

5. Which country tries unsuccessfully to charge Turkish leaders with criminal behavior in the aftermath of the Armenian genocide?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) United States.
(d) Britain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What proportion of United Nations member states must ratify a measure before it becomes international law?

3. In America, according to Power, the struggle to stop genocide is often determined by:

4. Why does Lemkin flee to Lithuania and then Sweden in 1939?

5. Lemkin had long been fascinated by ____________.

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