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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lemkin had long been fascinated by ____________.
(a) Insurrection.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Atrocity.
(d) Islam.

2. Lemkin decides to lobby to what international body to adopt a resolution on genocide?
(a) The League of Nations.
(b) The Allies' international military tribunal.
(c) The UN General Assembly.
(d) The National Atlantic Treaty Organization.

3. What nonbinding measure is suggested as a replacement of the UN genocide treaty, angering Lemkin?
(a) The Civil Rights Act.
(b) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(c) The Geneva Convention.
(d) The Declaration of Independence.

4. In October 1945, the Nuremberg indictments all mention ______________ in an international legal setting, although it is not be mentioned in the convictions.
(a) Warmongering.
(b) War crimes.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Terrorism.

5. For what event is Lemkin invited to Spain to read his paper?
(a) International law conference.
(b) International genocide conference.
(c) International political conference.
(d) International humanitarian conference.

Short Answer Questions

1. There has been __________ public recognition of the Allies' inaction with regard to the Holocaust.

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

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

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

5. What Power sees in the former Yugoslavia causes her to examine other _______-century genocides.

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