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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Allies have ____________ intelligence on Hitler's extermination of European Jews.
(a) Zero.
(b) Very little.
(c) A great deal of.
(d) Some.

2. What city does the Khmer Rouge seize in 1975 after a five-year civil war and defeat of the incumbent, American-backed government?
(a) Penh Phnom.
(b) My Lai.
(c) Siem Reap.
(d) Phnom Penh.

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

4. Out of a population of 7 million souls, approximately how many people does the Khmer Rouge kill in its three-and-a-half-year rule?
(a) Half a million.
(b) Six million.
(c) Two million.
(d) Five million.

5. How does Proxmire make his case for ratification of the genocide treaty?
(a) He calls for a vote on the treaty every day on the Senate floor.
(b) He hosts a daily national talk show about genocide.
(c) He travels the world and made documentaries exposing acts of genocide.
(d) He gives a daily speech on genocide on the Senate floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does Raphael Lemkin die?

2. Lemkin realizes that for a genocide convention to be passed and ratified, he needs to appeal to the _____________ of the delegates.

3. Why does Lemkin flee to Lithuania and then Sweden in 1939?

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

5. Lemkin had long been fascinated by ____________.

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