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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ethnicity is Raphael Lemkin?
(a) German Catholic.
(b) Armenian.
(c) Russian Jew.
(d) Polish Jew.

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

3. 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) Public awareness.
(c) Financial relief.
(d) Diplomatic intervention.

4. Which country tries unsuccessfully to charge Turkish leaders with criminal behavior in the aftermath of the Armenian genocide?
(a) United States.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) Britain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the person who assassinates Talaat in 1921?

2. The author focuses on which country's response to genocide?

3. The officials of what country prevent Lemkin from traveling to Madrid to present his paper on the rise of Hitler and the Armenian genocide?

4. What is Raphael Lemkin's profession?

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

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