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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ultimately, Lemkin's fight is for an international law on ________________.
(a) War crimes.
(b) Legal standards.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Financial standards.

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

3. Lemkin decides to lobby to what international body to adopt a resolution on genocide?
(a) The League of Nations.
(b) The UN General Assembly.
(c) The National Atlantic Treaty Organization.
(d) The Allies' international military tribunal.

4. The officials of what country prevent Lemkin from traveling to Madrid to present his paper on the rise of Hitler and the Armenian genocide?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Poland.

5. Armenians who are not killed are deported by force to camps in what country?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Syria.
(c) Siberia.
(d) Lebanon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What issue plagues the genocide convention?

2. How does Szmul Zygielbojm die?

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

4. In 1948, Lemkin flies to _____________ to lobby the subcommittee that was preparing the actual text of the convention.

5. Why doesn't the international community prosecute individuals for their roles in exterminating millions of German Jews?

(see the answer key)

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