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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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 start massive relief efforts.
(b) They can't believe what they are hearing and seeing.
(c) They rush to recruiting offices to help fight against the Nazis.
(d) They don't care.

2. As the resolution is discussed, some delegates advocate the use of ____________ instead of "genocide."
(a) Terrorism.
(b) Racism.
(c) Persecution.
(d) Extermination.

3. For what event is Lemkin invited to Spain to read his paper?
(a) International political conference.
(b) International genocide conference.
(c) International humanitarian conference.
(d) International law conference.

4. On what date does the final country required for ratification ratify the genocide treaty?
(a) October 16, 1950.
(b) December 11, 1946.
(c) December 9, 1948.
(d) November 7, 1950.

5. By 1976, nearly ___________ Cambodians are dead.
(a) 500,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 1,000,000.
(d) 50,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Raphael Lemkin's profession?

2. Lemkin believes that both the ___________ and _________ existence of groups needs to be preserved.

3. Armenians who are not killed are deported by force to camps in what country?

4. How does Proxmire make his case for ratification of the genocide treaty?

5. What group of people does Lemkin crusade on behalf of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which specific instance of genocide has American society committed itself to remembering and preventing a repetition of, which makes their slowness to react when genocide occurs disturbing to say the least?

2. What intrigued Raphael Lemkin about the Armenian genocide?

3. How do we know that the United States and British governments had a great deal of intelligence on Hitler's extermination of Jews that belied their feigned ignorance of the atrocities?

4. What was the definition of genocide that was adopted by the UN?

5. Which senator from South Dakota believed that genocide was taking place in Cambodia and wanted the United States to contribute military forces to make it stop?

6. What does the author say is the first reason the United States has been slow to recognize and act when genocide has occurred?

7. In what way did Power see U.S. policymakers handle the genocide in Bosnia?

8. When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proposed by the United States as an international law instead of the UN genocide treaty, what was Raphael Lemkin's reaction?

9. In a cable to Washington, what term did Ambassador Henry Morgenthau use to condemn the actions of the Turkish government against the Armenians?

10. What did Lemkin do while interacting with officials and the public regarding the Holocaust that he thought would make them believe his, and others', claims about Hitler's atrocities against the Jews?

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