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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens on Dec. 11, 1946?
(a) World War II ends.
(b) The General Assembly defeates a resolution condemning genocide
(c) The last concentration camp is liberated.
(d) The General Assembly passes a resolution condemning genocide.

2. On what date is the law banning genocide passed?
(a) December 21, 1950.
(b) December 8, 1949.
(c) Not applicable; it was defeated on December 9, 1948.
(d) December 9, 1948.

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

4. The officials of what country prevent Lemkin from traveling to Madrid to present his paper on the rise of Hitler and the Armenian genocide?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Germany.
(c) Spain.
(d) Poland.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. In America, according to Power, the struggle to stop genocide is often determined by:
(a) International politics.
(b) Domestic politics.
(c) Lobbyists.
(d) Special interests and civil rights groups.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does the Allied government condemn Turkey's action against the Armenians?

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

3. Power witnesses the Serbs' takeover of:

4. Henry Morgenthau, a U.S. ambassador, contests America's lack of action in opposing the Armenian genocide. To which country is Morgenthau assigned?

5. In the preface, Power identifies which Serbian leader as the ringleader of the Bosnian genocide?

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