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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lemkin believes that both the ___________ and _________ existence of groups needs to be preserved.
(a) Financial; physical.
(b) Cultural; psychological.
(c) National; cultural.
(d) Physical; cultural.

2. Lemkin had read many of the histories detailing what crime?
(a) Mass suicide.
(b) Treason.
(c) Rape.
(d) Mass slaughter.

3. What is not yet invented at the time the Armenian genocide takes places and is therefore not available as a means by which to communicate news and information about it?
(a) Photography.
(b) Television.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Telegraph.

4. How does Szmul Zygielbojm die?
(a) He commits suicide.
(b) He dies of a heart attack.
(c) He dies of natural causes.
(d) He is executed in a death camp.

5. Historically, according to Power, the United States has been ____________ to recognize and act when genocide occurred.
(a) Quick.
(b) Overly eager.
(c) Slow.
(d) Reluctant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ultimately, Lemkin's fight is for an international law on ________________.

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

3. When the United States sets up the Committee on Armenian Atrocities, what does the group not call for on behalf of the Armenians?

4. What governmental position does Mehmed Talaat, who conducts the genocide, hold?

5. Which of the following issues are not among those that the United States feared would be used against them under the genocide treaty?

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