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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom does the most detailed evidence of the atrocities come?
(a) Three Muslim men who survive a massacre.
(b) Three Muslim women who escape.
(c) The area's UN special reporter for human rights.
(d) Journalists who are stationed in the region.

2. 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?
(a) China.
(b) North Korea.
(c) The Soviet Union.
(d) Iraq.

3. Why does Lemkin flee to Lithuania and then Sweden in 1939?
(a) Hitler invades Poland.
(b) France is seeking his extradition.
(c) The Polish government wants to arrest him.
(d) Turkey puts a bounty on his head.

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

5. Which senator begins denouncing Yugoslavia's human rights issues in the 1980s?
(a) Hillary Clinton.
(b) Bob Dole.
(c) Strom Thurmond.
(d) Ted Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first wave of calls for an international war crimes tribunal in the 1990s comes after:

2. As the resolution is discussed, some delegates advocate the use of ____________ instead of "genocide."

3. President Clinton closes the Rwandan embassy in Washington and seizes its assets after:

4. In what city is Szmul Zygielbojm, the man who releases a report prepared by an underground Jewish society in Poland that detailed the tactics Nazis were using to kill the Jews, located?

5. In what year is the first genocide case tried before an international court?

(see the answer key)

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