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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The nationalists who kill the young Sarajevan of whom Power spoke are of what ethnicity?
(a) Croat.
(b) Bosnian.
(c) Albanian.
(d) Serb.

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

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

4. What group of people does Lemkin crusade on behalf of?
(a) European Jews.
(b) Armenians.
(c) French Basques.
(d) Romanian Gypsies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ultimately, Lemkin's fight is for an international law on ________________.

2. In the Preface, Power describes a _____-year-old Sarajevan who was killed in a bombing.

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

4. On what date does the Allied government condemn Turkey's action against the Armenians?

5. Serbian forces executed over 7,000 Muslims in a _____________.

(see the answer key)

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