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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Henry Morgenthau, a U.S. ambassador, contests America's lack of action in opposing the Armenian genocide. To which country is Morgenthau assigned?
(a) The Ottoman Empire (Turkey).
(b) Armenia.
(c) France.
(d) Britain.

2. In what city is Szmul Zygielbojm, the man who releases a report prepared by an underground Jewish society in Poland that detailed the tactics Nazis were using to kill the Jews, located?
(a) London.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Amsterdam.

3. Serbian forces executed over 7,000 Muslims in a _____________.
(a) Mosque.
(b) Pig farm.
(c) Football stadium.
(d) Elementary school.

4. The enforcement mechanisms spelled out in the convention are more explicit about _____________ than _________ of genocide.
(a) Prevention; punishment.
(b) Exemptions from; punishment.
(c) Punishment; prevention.
(d) Definition; prevention.

5. What issue plagues the genocide convention?
(a) State sovereignty.
(b) International unity.
(c) Political ideologies.
(d) State prejudices against certain ethnic groups.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what event is Lemkin invited to Spain to read his paper?

2. America officially ________, and Turkey officially _____________, the Armenian genocide. This stance is true with both countries to this day.

3. Talaat conducts the Armenian genocide because he feels there is no room for __________ in Turkey.

4. The United States has done ______________ in actual situations of crimes against humanity.

5. What is the name of the person who assassinates Talaat in 1921?

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