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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what event is Lemkin invited to Spain to read his paper?
(a) International humanitarian conference.
(b) International political conference.
(c) International law conference.
(d) International genocide conference.

2. What is the name of the person who assassinates Talaat in 1921?
(a) Soghomon Talirian.
(b) Solomon Talirian.
(c) Solomon Tehlirian.
(d) Soghomon Tehlirian.

3. 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) London.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Warsaw.

4. Why does Lemkin flee to Lithuania and then Sweden in 1939?
(a) Hitler invades Poland.
(b) The Polish government wants to arrest him.
(c) Turkey puts a bounty on his head.
(d) France is seeking his extradition.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not yet invented at the time the Armenian genocide takes places and is therefore not available as a means by which to communicate news and information about it?

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

3. What term does the Allied condemnation apply to Turkey's persecution of the Armenians?

4. Henry Morgenthau, a U.S. ambassador, contests America's lack of action in opposing the Armenian genocide. To which country is Morgenthau assigned?

5. America officially ________, and Turkey officially _____________, the Armenian genocide. This stance is true with both countries to this day.

(see the answer key)

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