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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Khmer Rouge evacuates all __________ before commencing their genocide.
(a) Laotians.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) Vietnamese.
(d) Americans.

2. What is Raphael Lemkin's profession?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Politician.

3. What is the name of the person who assassinates Talaat in 1921?
(a) Soghomon Tehlirian.
(b) Solomon Tehlirian.
(c) Solomon Talirian.
(d) Soghomon Talirian.

4. The United States has done ______________ in actual situations of crimes against humanity.
(a) Little.
(b) More than its fair share.
(c) A great deal.
(d) Nothing.

5. As of the time the genocide treaty became international law, what country had not yet ratified it?
(a) The United States.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Australia.
(d) Bulgaria.

Short Answer Questions

1. The nationalists who kill the young Sarajevan of whom Power spoke are of what ethnicity?

2. Some who are opposed to the United States' ratification of the genocide treaty think it would be used to target the United States for its treatment of __________________.

3. In 1948, Lemkin flies to _____________ to lobby the subcommittee that was preparing the actual text of the convention.

4. Lemkin had read many of the histories detailing what crime?

5. On what date does Raphael Lemkin die?

(see the answer key)

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