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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On April 6, 1994, the jet of Rwanda's president is shot down with the president on board. What is the president's name?
(a) Cyprien Bagosora.
(b) Juvenal Habyarimana.
(c) Cyprien Ntaryamira.
(d) Habyarimana Cyprien.

2. What is the name of the Bosnian Serb commander who directs the Srbrenica genocide?
(a) Ratko Mladic.
(b) Slobodan Mladic.
(c) Ratko Milosevic.
(d) Slobodan Milosevic.

3. What issue plagues the genocide convention?
(a) International unity.
(b) State prejudices against certain ethnic groups.
(c) State sovereignty.
(d) Political ideologies.

4. Western journalists, including _______________, still in the country describe Khmer Rouge brutality and report accounts from refugees.
(a) Elizabeth Becker.
(b) Walter Cronkite.
(c) Samantha Moore.
(d) Peter Jennings.

5. Who is Canadian Major General Romeo Dallaire?
(a) Canada's ambassador to Rwanda.
(b) Commander of Canada's peacekeeping forces in Rwanda.
(c) Commander of Rwanda's UN mission.
(d) Canada's Secretary of State.

Short Answer Questions

1. The enforcement mechanisms spelled out in the convention are more explicit about _____________ than _________ of genocide.

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. Lemkin believes that both the ___________ and _________ existence of groups needs to be preserved.

5. The Bosnian Serbs' actions against non-Serbs are euphemistically referred to as:

(see the answer key)

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