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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some who are opposed to the United States' ratification of the genocide treaty think it is too broad and therefore can't be used to target what country?
(a) The Soviet Union.
(b) North Korea.
(c) China.
(d) Iraq.

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

3. In the preface, Power identifies which Serbian leader as the ringleader of the Bosnian genocide?
(a) Milosevic.
(b) Karadzic.
(c) Vasiljkovic.
(d) Mladic.

4. On what date is the law banning genocide passed?
(a) December 9, 1948.
(b) Not applicable; it was defeated on December 9, 1948.
(c) December 21, 1950.
(d) December 8, 1949.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what group does Lemkin take out his frustration over the United States' slowness to ratify the genocide treaty?

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

3. As of the time the genocide treaty became international law, what country had not yet ratified it?

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

5. Turkey claims its actions are necessary to suppress _______________.

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