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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What governmental position does Mehmed Talaat, who conducts the genocide, hold?
(a) Prime minister.
(b) Crown prince.
(c) Minister of public safety.
(d) Interior minister.

2. What ethnicity is Raphael Lemkin?
(a) Armenian.
(b) Polish Jew.
(c) German Catholic.
(d) Russian Jew.

3. What group of people does Lemkin crusade on behalf of?
(a) Romanian Gypsies.
(b) French Basques.
(c) Armenians.
(d) European Jews.

4. In what country is Power a journalist during the genocide that takes place in the former Yugoslavia?
(a) Croatia.
(b) Montenegro.
(c) Serbia.
(d) Bosnia.

5. Historically, according to Power, the United States has been ____________ to recognize and act when genocide occurred.
(a) Slow.
(b) Overly eager.
(c) Quick.
(d) Reluctant.

Short Answer Questions

1. America officially ________, and Turkey officially _____________, the Armenian genocide. This stance is true with both countries to this day.

2. Which U.S. government official does Lemkin try to approach regarding Hitler?

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

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

5. When the United States sets up the Committee on Armenian Atrocities, what does the group not call for on behalf of the Armenians?

(see the answer key)

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