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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As information about Hitler's extermination of the Jews becomes more widespread, what is the reaction of the majority of people?
(a) They rush to recruiting offices to help fight against the Nazis.
(b) They can't believe what they are hearing and seeing.
(c) They don't care.
(d) They start massive relief efforts.

2. Serbian forces executed over 7,000 Muslims in a _____________.
(a) Pig farm.
(b) Elementary school.
(c) Mosque.
(d) Football stadium.

3. 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) Two million.
(c) Five million.
(d) Six million.

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

5. Which U.S. government official does Lemkin try to approach regarding Hitler?
(a) Secretary of War Henry Stimson
(b) Secretary of State Cordell Hull
(c) President Roosevelt.
(d) Vice-President Truman.

6. 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) The Soviet Union.
(c) North Korea.
(d) Iraq.

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

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

9. Key to the definition of genocide is that it is an attempt to wipe out an entire:
(a) Ethnicity.
(b) Religion.
(c) Race.
(d) Group.

10. The genocide convention needs to be ratified domestically by _______ of the UN's member states in order to become international law.
(a) Ten.
(b) Forty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twenty-five.

11. People have often argued that the United States don't know what is happening in countries where ___________ is occurring.
(a) Poverty.
(b) Civil war.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Slavery.

12. Turkey claims its actions are necessary to suppress _______________.
(a) A disease outbreak among the Armenians.
(b) Armenian birth rates.
(c) Armenian attempts to convert Turkey's Muslims to Christianity.
(d) Armenian revolt.

13. What bad news does Zygielbojm receive in 1943?
(a) His wife and child had died in the Warsaw ghetto.
(b) His wife had died in the Krakow ghetto.
(c) His wife and child had died at Auschwitz.
(d) He was to be deported to Treblinka.

14. President Carter makes the first public condemnation of the Khmer Rouge in ____1978.
(a) January.
(b) April.
(c) August.
(d) September.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lemkin decides to lobby to what international body to adopt a resolution on genocide?

2. What is the name of the book that Lemkin publishes in his attempt to help people believe the claims?

3. For what event is Lemkin invited to Spain to read his paper?

4. Why doesn't the international community prosecute individuals for their roles in exterminating millions of German Jews?

5. The Allies set up an international military tribunal in ________________ to prosecute Nazi war criminals.

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