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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Turkey claims its actions are necessary to suppress _______________.
(a) Armenian revolt.
(b) A disease outbreak among the Armenians.
(c) Armenian attempts to convert Turkey's Muslims to Christianity.
(d) Armenian birth rates.

2. Lemkin had read many of the histories detailing what crime?
(a) Rape.
(b) Treason.
(c) Mass slaughter.
(d) Mass suicide.

3. Lemkin believes that both the ___________ and _________ existence of groups needs to be preserved.
(a) Cultural; psychological.
(b) National; cultural.
(c) Financial; physical.
(d) Physical; cultural.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Talaat conducts the Armenian genocide because he feels there is no room for __________ in Turkey.

3. When the United States sets up the Committee on Armenian Atrocities, what does the group not call for on behalf of the Armenians?

4. What is the name of the Polish diplomat and Roman Catholic who infiltrates first the Warsaw ghetto and later a death camp in order to report on Jewish suffering?

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

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