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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. People have often argued that the United States don't know what is happening in countries where ___________ is occurring.
(a) Slavery.
(b) Civil war.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Poverty.

4. Serbian forces executed over 7,000 Muslims in a _____________.
(a) Football stadium.
(b) Elementary school.
(c) Mosque.
(d) Pig farm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What American institution presents some discussion on actions that the U.S. could have taken to help Jews?

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

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

4. Which country tries unsuccessfully to charge Turkish leaders with criminal behavior in the aftermath of the Armenian genocide?

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

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