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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Serbian forces executed over 7,000 Muslims in a _____________.
(a) Elementary school.
(b) Mosque.
(c) Pig farm.
(d) Football stadium.

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

5. In what year does the Armenian genocide, which kills nearly 1 million people, take place?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1915.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lemkin believes that both the ___________ and _________ existence of groups needs to be preserved.

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

3. The United States has done ______________ in actual situations of crimes against humanity.

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

5. Lemkin had read many of the histories detailing what crime?

(see the answer key)

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