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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following issues are not among those that the United States feared would be used against them under the genocide treaty?

3. On what date does Raphael Lemkin die?

4. What nonbinding measure is suggested as a replacement of the UN genocide treaty, angering Lemkin?

5. The term "class enemy" that is used by the Khmer Rouge often translated into which group of people?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Khmer Rouge especially target people who wore glasses?

2. In lobbying the UN General Assembly for a resolution on genocide, what kind of a law did Lemkin want the body to pass?

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

4. After escaping Germany in 1942, what did Jan Karski do with his findings gathered during his time undercover in the Warsaw ghetto and in a death camp?

5. Immediately after World War II, how did books and films that addressed the war deal with the Holocaust?

6. What kind of law did Raphael Lemkin propose?

7. What does Powers say motivates U.S. policymakers to keep the U.S. uninvolved in situations when genocide occurs?

8. 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?

9. What intrigued Raphael Lemkin about the Armenian genocide?

10. As the Khmer Rouge began its genocidal campaign, the U.S. government issued warnings that a bloodbath might happen in the region. What was many Americans' response to the warnings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Rwandan and Yugoslavian war crimes courts. Use the text to support your statements.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the United States' initial response to each genocide covered in A Problem from Hell. Use the text to support your statements.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Senator Bob Dole and Raphael Lemkin's respective lobbying efforts in the fight against genocide. Use the text to back up your statements.

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