1. Why does Lemkin flee to Lithuania and then Sweden in 1939?
(a) Turkey puts a bounty on his head.
(b) France is seeking his extradition.
(c) Hitler invades Poland.
(d) The Polish government wants to arrest him.

2. America officially ________, and Turkey officially _____________, the Armenian genocide. This stance is true with both countries to this day.
(a) Acknowledges, denies.
(b) Denies, denies.
(c) Ignores, acknowledges.
(d) Ignores, denies.

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

4. What is the reaction of many countries to refugees that they knew would be killed if forced to return to Germany?
(a) They grant them asylum.
(b) They refuse them entry.
(c) They report them to the Nazis.
(d) They put them in refugee camps.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is Raphael Lemkin's profession?

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

4. The nationalists who kill the young Sarajevan of whom Power spoke are of what ethnicity?

5. People have often argued that the United States don't know what is happening in countries where ___________ is occurring.

(see the answer key)

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