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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the person who assassinates Talaat in 1921?
(a) Soghomon Tehlirian.
(b) Soghomon Talirian.
(c) Solomon Tehlirian.
(d) Solomon Talirian.

2. Ultimately, Lemkin's fight is for an international law on ________________.
(a) War crimes.
(b) Financial standards.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Legal standards.

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

4. America officially ________, and Turkey officially _____________, the Armenian genocide. This stance is true with both countries to this day.
(a) Denies, denies.
(b) Ignores, denies.
(c) Acknowledges, denies.
(d) Ignores, acknowledges.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In America, according to Power, the struggle to stop genocide is often determined by:

2. Lemkin had long been fascinated by ____________.

3. For what event is Lemkin invited to Spain to read his paper?

4. In what year does the Armenian genocide, which kills nearly 1 million people, take place?

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

(see the answer key)

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