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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As information about Hitler's extermination of the Jews becomes more widespread, what is the reaction of the majority of people?
(a) They can't believe what they are hearing and seeing.
(b) They don't care.
(c) They rush to recruiting offices to help fight against the Nazis.
(d) They start massive relief efforts.

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

3. In what year does the Armenian genocide, which kills nearly 1 million people, take place?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1905.

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?
(a) Jan Karski.
(b) Szmul Zygielbojm.
(c) Karol Wojtyla.
(d) Lech Walesa.

5. What bad news does Zygielbojm receive in 1943?
(a) He was to be deported to Treblinka.
(b) His wife and child had died in the Warsaw ghetto.
(c) His wife had died in the Krakow ghetto.
(d) His wife and child had died at Auschwitz.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the book that Lemkin publishes in his attempt to help people believe the claims?

3. What Power sees in the former Yugoslavia causes her to examine other _______-century genocides.

4. 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?

5. The author focuses on which country's response to genocide?

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