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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bad news does Zygielbojm receive in 1943?
(a) He was to be deported to Treblinka.
(b) His wife and child had died in the Warsaw ghetto.
(c) His wife and child had died at Auschwitz.
(d) His wife had died in the Krakow ghetto.

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

3. The author focuses on which country's response to genocide?
(a) America.
(b) Denmark.
(c) The United Kingdom.
(d) Canada.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The enforcement mechanisms spelled out in the convention are more explicit about _____________ than _________ of genocide.

2. In October 1945, the Nuremberg indictments all mention ______________ in an international legal setting, although it is not be mentioned in the convictions.

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

4. The Allies set up an international military tribunal in ________________ to prosecute Nazi war criminals.

5. Why doesn't the international community prosecute individuals for their roles in exterminating millions of German Jews?

(see the answer key)

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