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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. President Carter makes the first public condemnation of the Khmer Rouge in ____1978.
(a) January.
(b) August.
(c) September.
(d) April.

2. In the Preface, Power describes a _____-year-old Sarajevan who was killed in a bombing.
(a) Two.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Nine.
(d) Six.

3. What governmental position does Mehmed Talaat, who conducts the genocide, hold?
(a) Prime minister.
(b) Interior minister.
(c) Minister of public safety.
(d) Crown prince.

4. Armenians who are not killed are deported by force to camps in what country?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Syria.
(c) Siberia.
(d) Lebanon.

5. There has been __________ public recognition of the Allies' inaction with regard to the Holocaust.
(a) A great deal of.
(b) Some.
(c) Very little.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the book that Lemkin publishes in his attempt to help people believe the claims?

2. Lemkin had long been fascinated by ____________.

3. 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?

4. As information about Hitler's extermination of the Jews becomes more widespread, what is the reaction of the majority of people?

5. Historically, according to Power, the United States has been ____________ to recognize and act when genocide occurred.

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