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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is not yet invented at the time the Armenian genocide takes places and is therefore not available as a means by which to communicate news and information about it?
(a) Photography.
(b) Television.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Telegraph.

3. Turkey claims its actions are necessary to suppress _______________.
(a) Armenian birth rates.
(b) Armenian revolt.
(c) Armenian attempts to convert Turkey's Muslims to Christianity.
(d) A disease outbreak among the Armenians.

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

5. The author focuses on which country's response to genocide?
(a) Canada.
(b) The United Kingdom.
(c) Denmark.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country tries unsuccessfully to charge Turkish leaders with criminal behavior in the aftermath of the Armenian genocide?

2. What Power sees in the former Yugoslavia causes her to examine other _______-century genocides.

3. What governmental position does Mehmed Talaat, who conducts the genocide, hold?

4. Armenians who are not killed are deported by force to camps in what country?

5. People have often argued that the United States don't know what is happening in countries where ___________ is occurring.

(see the answer key)

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