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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the Armenian genocide, which kills nearly 1 million people, take place?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1915.

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

3. What Power sees in the former Yugoslavia causes her to examine other _______-century genocides.
(a) Nineteenth.
(b) Eighteenth.
(c) Seventeenth.
(d) Twentieth.

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

5. Lemkin had long been fascinated by ____________.
(a) Islam.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Insurrection.
(d) Atrocity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Talaat conducts the Armenian genocide because he feels there is no room for __________ in Turkey.

2. What is Raphael Lemkin's profession?

3. 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?

4. In what country is Power a journalist during the genocide that takes place in the former Yugoslavia?

5. What ethnicity is Raphael Lemkin?

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