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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In October 1945, the Nuremberg indictments all mention ______________ in an international legal setting, although it is not be mentioned in the convictions.
(a) Terrorism.
(b) Warmongering.
(c) Genocide.
(d) War crimes.

3. There has been __________ public recognition of the Allies' inaction with regard to the Holocaust.
(a) Very little.
(b) A great deal of.
(c) No.
(d) Some.

4. Power witnesses the Serbs' takeover of:
(a) Split.
(b) Sarajevo.
(c) Srbrenica.
(d) Pristina.

5. What group of people does Lemkin crusade on behalf of?
(a) French Basques.
(b) Armenians.
(c) European Jews.
(d) Romanian Gypsies.

6. On what date does Raphael Lemkin die?
(a) August 28, 1959.
(b) August 29, 1958.
(c) April 1, 1984.
(d) April 28, 1950.

7. 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) Two million.
(b) Five million.
(c) Six million.
(d) Half a million.

8. What ethnicity is Raphael Lemkin?
(a) Polish Jew.
(b) Russian Jew.
(c) Armenian.
(d) German Catholic.

9. After Lemkin's death, William Proxmire, a senator from ________________, takes up the movement to have the genocide convention ratified in the U.S.
(a) Michigan.
(b) Wisconsin
(c) Washington.
(d) Wyoming.

10. America officially ________, and Turkey officially _____________, the Armenian genocide. This stance is true with both countries to this day.
(a) Ignores, denies.
(b) Acknowledges, denies.
(c) Denies, denies.
(d) Ignores, acknowledges.

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

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

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

14. Who coins the word "genocide" to describe the atrocities in Nazi Germany and in Turkey?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) Zygielbojm.
(c) Lemkin.
(d) Karski.

15. What is the name of the leader of the Khmer Rouge?
(a) Bao Dai.
(b) Pol Pot,
(c) Hun Sen.
(d) Idi Amin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What issue plagues the genocide convention?

3. Western journalists, including _______________, still in the country describe Khmer Rouge brutality and report accounts from refugees.

4. On what date is the law banning genocide passed?

5. Turkey claims its actions are necessary to suppress _______________.

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