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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bad news does Zygielbojm receive in 1943?
(a) He was to be deported to Treblinka.
(b) His wife and child had died in the Warsaw ghetto.
(c) His wife and child had died at Auschwitz.
(d) His wife had died in the Krakow ghetto.

2. What happens on Dec. 11, 1946?
(a) The General Assembly defeates a resolution condemning genocide
(b) The General Assembly passes a resolution condemning genocide.
(c) The last concentration camp is liberated.
(d) World War II ends.

3. In what year does the Armenian genocide, which kills nearly 1 million people, take place?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1905.

4. There has been __________ public recognition of the Allies' inaction with regard to the Holocaust.
(a) No.
(b) Very little.
(c) Some.
(d) A great deal of.

5. What proportion of United Nations member states must ratify a measure before it becomes international law?
(a) Three-quarters.
(b) One-third.
(c) Two-thirds.
(d) Three-fifths.

Short Answer Questions

1. What issue plagues the genocide convention?

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

3. Talaat conducts the Armenian genocide because he feels there is no room for __________ in Turkey.

4. On what date is the law banning genocide passed?

5. Who coins the word "genocide" to describe the atrocities in Nazi Germany and in Turkey?

(see the answer key)

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