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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lemkin notes earlier in the century that _________ and genocide are almost always connected.
(a) War.
(b) Famine.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Natural disaster.

2. Some European countries take exception to the _____________ within the U.S.'s ratification resolution.
(a) Sovereignty restrictions.
(b) Amnesty clause.
(c) Definition of genocide.
(d) Genocide exemptions.

3. What ethnicity is Raphael Lemkin?
(a) Russian Jew.
(b) German Catholic.
(c) Armenian.
(d) Polish Jew.

4. Historically, according to Power, the United States has been ____________ to recognize and act when genocide occurred.
(a) Overly eager.
(b) Reluctant.
(c) Slow.
(d) Quick.

5. What American institution presents some discussion on actions that the U.S. could have taken to help Jews?
(a) The Museum of American History.
(b) The World War II Memorial.
(c) The Smithsonian Institution.
(d) The U.S. Holocaust Museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Szmul Zygielbojm die?

2. How many chemical attacks take place against the Kurds throughout Iraq?

3. What group of people does Lemkin crusade on behalf of?

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

5. Which president's administration comes under fire as more people now realize that the U.S. cannot pursue both an end to genocide and a policy of nonintervention in the Balkans?

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