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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Poland.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) Turkey.

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

3. What group of people does Lemkin crusade on behalf of?
(a) European Jews.
(b) Armenians.
(c) French Basques.
(d) Romanian Gypsies.

4. 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) World War II ends.
(d) The last concentration camp is liberated.

5. Lemkin had read many of the histories detailing what crime?
(a) Rape.
(b) Mass suicide.
(c) Mass slaughter.
(d) Treason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ethnicity is Raphael Lemkin?

2. The Allies set up an international military tribunal in ________________ to prosecute Nazi war criminals.

3. What is the name of the book that Lemkin publishes in his attempt to help people believe the claims?

4. In what year does the Armenian genocide, which kills nearly 1 million people, take place?

5. On what date does the Allied government condemn Turkey's action against the Armenians?

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