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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Allies have ____________ intelligence on Hitler's extermination of European Jews.
(a) A great deal of.
(b) Zero.
(c) Some.
(d) Very little.

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

3. Serbian forces executed over 7,000 Muslims in a _____________.
(a) Football stadium.
(b) Elementary school.
(c) Pig farm.
(d) Mosque.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What American institution presents some discussion on actions that the U.S. could have taken to help Jews?

3. Lemkin realizes that for a genocide convention to be passed and ratified, he needs to appeal to the _____________ of the delegates.

4. When the United States sets up the Committee on Armenian Atrocities, what does the group not call for on behalf of the Armenians?

5. 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?

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