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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what country is Power a journalist during the genocide that takes place in the former Yugoslavia?
(a) Serbia.
(b) Montenegro.
(c) Croatia.
(d) Bosnia.

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

4. When the United States sets up the Committee on Armenian Atrocities, what does the group not call for on behalf of the Armenians?
(a) Military intervention.
(b) Diplomatic intervention.
(c) Financial relief.
(d) Public awareness.

5. In the Preface, Power describes a _____-year-old Sarajevan who was killed in a bombing.
(a) Six.
(b) Nine.
(c) Two.
(d) Nineteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lemkin had long been fascinated by ____________.

2. What is Raphael Lemkin's profession?

3. Power witnesses the Serbs' takeover of:

4. What term does the Allied condemnation apply to Turkey's persecution of the Armenians?

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

(see the answer key)

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