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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which U.S. government official does Lemkin try to approach regarding Hitler?
(a) Secretary of State Cordell Hull
(b) President Roosevelt.
(c) Secretary of War Henry Stimson
(d) Vice-President Truman.

2. 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) North Korea.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) Iraq.
(d) China.

3. 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?
(a) Szmul Zygielbojm.
(b) Karol Wojtyla.
(c) Lech Walesa.
(d) Jan Karski.

4. In 1948, Lemkin flies to _____________ to lobby the subcommittee that was preparing the actual text of the convention.
(a) Vienna.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Geneva.

5. Under NATO plan 40-104, how many troops are the U.S. committed to deploying to help with the extraction of European forces?
(a) None.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 15,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On April 16, 1994, which American newspaper reports the deaths of 1,200 Tutsi (men, women, and children) in a church building?

3. Turkey claims its actions are necessary to suppress _______________.

4. 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?

5. Upon what group does Lemkin take out his frustration over the United States' slowness to ratify the genocide treaty?

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