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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1948, Lemkin flies to _____________ to lobby the subcommittee that was preparing the actual text of the convention.

2. 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?

3. The author focuses on which country's response to genocide?

4. Lemkin decides to lobby to what international body to adopt a resolution on genocide?

5. In October 1945, the Nuremberg indictments all mention ______________ in an international legal setting, although it is not be mentioned in the convictions.

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