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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Key to the definition of genocide is that it is an attempt to wipe out an entire:
(a) Group.
(b) Religion.
(c) Ethnicity.
(d) Race.

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

5. As the resolution is discussed, some delegates advocate the use of ____________ instead of "genocide."
(a) Persecution.
(b) Terrorism.
(c) Racism.
(d) Extermination.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What is the name of the person who assassinates Talaat in 1921?

5. Serbian forces executed over 7,000 Muslims in a _____________.

(see the answer key)

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