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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ultimately, Lemkin's fight is for an international law on ________________.
(a) Genocide.
(b) War crimes.
(c) Legal standards.
(d) Financial standards.

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

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

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

5. There has been __________ public recognition of the Allies' inaction with regard to the Holocaust.
(a) No.
(b) Some.
(c) Very little.
(d) A great deal of.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Historically, according to Power, the United States has been ____________ to recognize and act when genocide occurred.

3. In America, according to Power, the struggle to stop genocide is often determined by:

4. What bad news does Zygielbojm receive in 1943?

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

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