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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which U.S. government official does Lemkin try to approach regarding Hitler?
(a) Vice-President Truman.
(b) Secretary of War Henry Stimson
(c) President Roosevelt.
(d) Secretary of State Cordell Hull

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

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

4. For what event is Lemkin invited to Spain to read his paper?
(a) International political conference.
(b) International humanitarian conference.
(c) International law conference.
(d) International genocide conference.

5. What is Raphael Lemkin's profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Politician.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Historically, according to Power, the United States has been ____________ to recognize and act when genocide occurred.

3. 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?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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