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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the president's plane is shot down, Colonel Theoneste Bagosora and the Rwandan army take control of the country. What Rwandan tribe does Bagosora belong to?
(a) Pygmy.
(b) Hutu.
(c) Watusi.
(d) Tutsi.

3. This country frequently cuts down U.S. criticisms of other countries by saying "a country that had not even contracted to the genocide convention had no right to lecture the Soviet Union on human rights."
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Germany.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) The Soviet Union.

4. The term "class enemy" that is used by the Khmer Rouge often translated into which group of people?
(a) Clergy.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Intellectuals.

5. Which human rights group had been keeping a close eye on the Yugoslavian situation since the early-1990s?
(a) Amnesty International.
(b) Human Rights Watch.
(c) UNICEF.
(d) Helsinki Watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens on Dec. 11, 1946?

2. There has been __________ public recognition of the Allies' inaction with regard to the Holocaust.

3. Lemkin had long been fascinated by ____________.

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

5. Who coins the word "genocide" to describe the atrocities in Nazi Germany and in Turkey?

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