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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Talaat conducts the Armenian genocide because he feels there is no room for __________ in Turkey.
(a) Armenians.
(b) Muslims.
(c) Minorities.
(d) Christians.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what country is Power a journalist during the genocide that takes place in the former Yugoslavia?

3. Turkey claims its actions are necessary to suppress _______________.

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

5. America officially ________, and Turkey officially _____________, the Armenian genocide. This stance is true with both countries to this day.

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