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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Raphael Lemkin's profession?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Politician.
(d) Lawyer.

2. Out of a population of 7 million souls, approximately how many people does the Khmer Rouge kill in its three-and-a-half-year rule?
(a) Half a million.
(b) Six million.
(c) Two million.
(d) Five million.

3. Which substance is not used by Iraqi forces in the attack on Halabja?
(a) Mustard gas.
(b) Sarin.
(c) Ricin.
(d) Tabun.

4. In what year does President Reagan lay a wreath at Germany's Bitburg Cemetery, which holds the graves of 49 Nazi SS officials?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1983.

5. What governmental position does Mehmed Talaat, who conducts the genocide, hold?
(a) Prime minister.
(b) Interior minister.
(c) Minister of public safety.
(d) Crown prince.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Some who are opposed to the United States' ratification of the genocide treaty think it would be used to target the United States for its treatment of __________________.

3. Which U.S. government official does Lemkin try to approach regarding Hitler?

4. The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which responds with force to the Hutu's political assassinations, thereby reigniting a civil war that had been smoldering, belongs to which Rwandan tribe?

5. Turkey claims its actions are necessary to suppress _______________.

(see the answer key)

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