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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which U.S. government official does Lemkin try to approach regarding Hitler?
(a) Secretary of State Cordell Hull
(b) Vice-President Truman.
(c) President Roosevelt.
(d) Secretary of War Henry Stimson

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

3. The United States has done ______________ in actual situations of crimes against humanity.
(a) A great deal.
(b) More than its fair share.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Little.

4. In 1948, Lemkin flies to _____________ to lobby the subcommittee that was preparing the actual text of the convention.
(a) Berlin.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Zurich.

5. 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?
(a) Telegraph.
(b) Television.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Photography.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does Raphael Lemkin die?

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

3. What issue plagues the genocide convention?

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

5. Armenians who are not killed are deported by force to camps in what country?

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