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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Policymakers in favor of ratification argue not only for the moral imperatives but also that non-ratification is:
(a) Damaging American interests and status.
(b) Damaging the UN's interests and status.
(c) Enhancing Soviet interests and status.
(d) Enhancing and facilitating the spread of Communism.

2. Early signs of trouble in the Balkans begin with brief wars in Slovenia and Croatia in the early:
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1990s.
(d) 1910s.

3. After his visit to Germany that includes a tour of a Nazi concentration camp, what does Reagan decide to push for?
(a) The reunification of East and West Germany.
(b) A national Holocaust memorial.
(c) Ratification of the UN genocide convention.
(d) The rounding up and extradition of fugitive Nazis.

4. Whom does Iraq's president appoint as secretary-general of the Northern Bureau?
(a) Ali Hassan al-Majid.
(b) Nour al-Maliki.
(c) Saddam Hussein.
(d) Tariq Aziz.

5. Serbia becomes disillusioned with ____________, its leader, and begins to demand an end to his rule.
(a) Amor Masovic.
(b) Slobodan Milosevic.
(c) Radovan Karadzic.
(d) Ratko Mladic.

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

7. 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.

8. Major General Dallaire is stationed in Rwanda to help make sure what power-sharing agreement that, until the downing of the presidential plane held civil war at bay, is observed?
(a) The UN Accords.
(b) The Kigali Accords.
(c) The Arusha Accords.
(d) The Rwanda Accords.

9. Which president's administration comes under fire as more people now realize that the U.S. cannot pursue both an end to genocide and a policy of nonintervention in the Balkans?
(a) George H.W. Bush.
(b) Al Gore.
(c) George W. Bush.
(d) Bill Clinton.

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

11. 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?
(a) If Macedonia was attacked.
(b) If UN troops were attacked.
(c) If Gorazde was attacked.
(d) If Zepa was attacked.

12. Out of an overall population of 18 million Iraqis, how many are "problematic" (according to the government) Kurds?
(a) 4 million.
(b) 8 million.
(c) 400,000.
(d) 10 million.

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

14. 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) Pygmy.
(b) Hutu.
(c) Tutsi.
(d) Watusi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By November 2001, how many of the fifty-three Rwandan defendants in U.S. custody have been convicted of genocide?

2. Before Pol Pot dies in 1998, whom does he claim the deaths in Cambodia are the responsibility of?

3. The Serbians separate the men and boys in Srbrenica from the women and girls. What happens to the women and girls?

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

5. General Clark, who is head of the NATO operation, wants to plan for a(n):

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