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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The United States has done ______________ in actual situations of crimes against humanity.
(a) More than its fair share.
(b) Little.
(c) A great deal.
(d) Nothing.

2. What Power sees in the former Yugoslavia causes her to examine other _______-century genocides.
(a) Seventeenth.
(b) Eighteenth.
(c) Twentieth.
(d) Nineteenth.

3. In America, according to Power, the struggle to stop genocide is often determined by:
(a) Domestic politics.
(b) Lobbyists.
(c) Special interests and civil rights groups.
(d) International politics.

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

5. 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?
(a) Photography.
(b) Telegraph.
(c) Television.
(d) Newspapers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ethnicity is Raphael Lemkin?

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

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

4. In the preface, Power identifies which Serbian leader as the ringleader of the Bosnian genocide?

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

(see the answer key)

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