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

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

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

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

4. Who coins the word "genocide" to describe the atrocities in Nazi Germany and in Turkey?
(a) Karski.
(b) Lemkin.
(c) Zygielbojm.
(d) Roosevelt.

5. Why doesn't the international community prosecute individuals for their roles in exterminating millions of German Jews?
(a) Nuremberg covered only cross-border crimes.
(b) The international community saw the issue as a national, not personal, crime.
(c) The genocide convention was passed after the Nuremberg trials had ended.
(d) The international community focused on prosecuting military organizations and governments.

Short Answer Questions

1. The genocide convention needs to be ratified domestically by _______ of the UN's member states in order to become international law.

2. What nonbinding measure is suggested as a replacement of the UN genocide treaty, angering Lemkin?

3. What issue plagues the genocide convention?

4. On what date does Raphael Lemkin die?

5. What group of people does Lemkin crusade on behalf of?

(see the answer key)

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