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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The enforcement mechanisms spelled out in the convention are more explicit about _____________ than _________ of genocide.
(a) Exemptions from; punishment.
(b) Punishment; prevention.
(c) Prevention; punishment.
(d) Definition; prevention.

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

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

4. Western journalists, including _______________, still in the country describe Khmer Rouge brutality and report accounts from refugees.
(a) Peter Jennings.
(b) Walter Cronkite.
(c) Samantha Moore.
(d) Elizabeth Becker.

5. What is the reaction of many countries to refugees that they knew would be killed if forced to return to Germany?
(a) They report them to the Nazis.
(b) They refuse them entry.
(c) They grant them asylum.
(d) They put them in refugee camps.

6. Talaat conducts the Armenian genocide because he feels there is no room for __________ in Turkey.
(a) Christians.
(b) Minorities.
(c) Muslims.
(d) Armenians.

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

8. Lemkin notes earlier in the century that _________ and genocide are almost always connected.
(a) Poverty.
(b) Famine.
(c) Natural disaster.
(d) War.

9. 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) Telegraph.
(d) Newspapers.

10. Which country tries unsuccessfully to charge Turkish leaders with criminal behavior in the aftermath of the Armenian genocide?
(a) Britain.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) United States.

11. The Allies have ____________ intelligence on Hitler's extermination of European Jews.
(a) Very little.
(b) Some.
(c) A great deal of.
(d) Zero.

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

13. The genocide convention receives U.S. support at the UN and many are ____________ its domestic ratification.
(a) Undecided about.
(b) In support of.
(c) Opposed to.
(d) Active advocates for.

14. The Allies set up an international military tribunal in ________________ to prosecute Nazi war criminals.
(a) Nuremberg.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) Copenhagen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country does the Khmer Rouge conduct its genocidal campaign?

2. Power witnesses the Serbs' takeover of:

3. In America, according to Power, the struggle to stop genocide is often determined by:

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. What is the name of the Polish diplomat and Roman Catholic who infiltrates first the Warsaw ghetto and later a death camp in order to report on Jewish suffering?

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