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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the president's plane is shot down, Colonel Theoneste Bagosora and the Rwandan army take control of the country. What Rwandan tribe does Bagosora belong to?
(a) Watusi.
(b) Tutsi.
(c) Hutu.
(d) Pygmy.

2. By November 2001, how many of the fifty-three Rwandan defendants in U.S. custody have been convicted of genocide?
(a) 8.
(b) 50.
(c) 3.
(d) 53.

3. On ______ the UN war crimes tribunal indicts Milosevic for crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
(a) February 24, 1999.
(b) March 24, 1999.
(c) June 4, 1999.
(d) May 24, 1999.

4. What happens on February 11, 1986?
(a) The U.S. version of the genocide treaty was rejected in the Senate.
(b) President Reagan nearly died in an assassination attempt.
(c) The U.S. Holocaust Museum was opened to the public.
(d) The U.S. version of the genocide treaty went up for a full Senate vote.

5. In 1994, what measure does the UN Security Council take against the Serbs?
(a) It creates a criminal tribunal.
(b) It sends UN peacekeepers to the region.
(c) It invokes the Genocide Convention and creates a criminal tribunal.
(d) It invokes the Genocide Convention.

6. Although Milosevic is initially indicted only for crimes against humanity, the indictment is broadened to include genocide in:
(a) Croatia.
(b) Bosnia.
(c) Albania.
(d) Kosovo.

7. In the United States, Peter Galbraith, a staff member of the __________________, keep watch on the situation in Iraq.
(a) Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
(b) House Foreign Relations Committee.
(c) Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(d) Senate Finance Committee.

8. General Clark, who is head of the NATO operation, wants to plan for a(n):
(a) Occupation.
(b) Reunification.
(c) Amphibious assault.
(d) Ground invasion.

9. In response to demands for his rule to end, Serbia's leader brutalizes what minority in Kosovo?
(a) Croats.
(b) Bosnians.
(c) Macedonians.
(d) Albanians.

10. What is the purpose of President Reagan's trip to Germany, which includes a visit to Germany's Bitburg Cemetery?
(a) To commemorate the end of WWII.
(b) To draw attention to the Holocaust.
(c) To commemorate the end of WWI.
(d) To ask Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.

11. Which ethnic group is responsible for the aggression against minorities after Yugoslavia's collapse?
(a) Bosnians.
(b) Serbs.
(c) Montenegrins.
(d) Croats.

12. Which Serb is in custody for carrying out the Srebrenica atrocities?
(a) Radovan Karadzic.
(b) Ratko Mladic.
(c) Radislav Krstic.
(d) Slobodan Milosevic.

13. This country frequently cuts down U.S. criticisms of other countries by saying "a country that had not even contracted to the genocide convention had no right to lecture the Soviet Union on human rights."
(a) Great Britain.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) The Soviet Union.
(d) Germany.

14. In response to the bombing, Serbian forces expell 1.3 million Kosovars, _____________ of which flee to Macedonia and Albania.
(a) 1,200,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 1,000,000.
(d) 700,000.

15. When the Iraqi government orders Kurds to move into collective centers, any Kurd who remains in a prohibited area is:
(a) Tortured, then executed.
(b) Forcibly relocated.
(c) Considered a traitor and executed.
(d) Considered a traitor and tortured.

Short Answer Questions

1. By April 10, 1994, Dallaire becomes convinced that the Hutus are targeting anyone who had this in their possession:

2. Which substance is not used by Iraqi forces in the attack on Halabja?

3. Which human rights group had been keeping a close eye on the Yugoslavian situation since the early-1990s?

4. When the safe area of Zepa is in danger from the Serbs, the Allies state they would only react with air power under what circumstance?

5. After his visit to Germany that includes a tour of a Nazi concentration camp, what does Reagan decide to push for?

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