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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the preface, Power identifies which Serbian leader as the ringleader of the Bosnian genocide?
(a) Vasiljkovic.
(b) Mladic.
(c) Karadzic.
(d) Milosevic.

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

3. Which country tries unsuccessfully to charge Turkish leaders with criminal behavior in the aftermath of the Armenian genocide?
(a) Britain.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) United States.

4. People have often argued that the United States don't know what is happening in countries where ___________ is occurring.
(a) Civil war.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Genocide.

5. Lemkin believes that both the ___________ and _________ existence of groups needs to be preserved.
(a) Cultural; psychological.
(b) National; cultural.
(c) Financial; physical.
(d) Physical; cultural.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Power witnesses the Serbs' takeover of:

4. What is Raphael Lemkin's profession?

5. Why does Lemkin flee to Lithuania and then Sweden in 1939?

(see the answer key)

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