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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which country announces plans in June 1994 to send 2,500 troops to Rwanda in order to set up "safe zones" for Rwandans?
(a) Germany.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Somalia.
(d) France.

5. On what date does NATO begin bombing Serb forces?
(a) August 30, 1995.
(b) July 20, 1995.
(c) July 24, 1995.
(d) July 27, 1995.

6. In the three days it takes for UN soldiers to evacuate approximately 4,000 foreigners from Rwanda, how many Rwandans are killed?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 100,000.

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) Habyarimana Cyprien.
(b) Juvenal Habyarimana.
(c) Cyprien Ntaryamira.
(d) Cyprien Bagosora.

8. The UN member states begin setting up a _____________ International Criminal Court (ICC).
(a) Bi-annual.
(b) Permanent.
(c) Temporary.
(d) Traveling.

9. On what date do NATO jets begin bombing Serbia in an attempt to head off the looming genocide in Kosovo?
(a) March 24, 1999.
(b) May 24, 1999.
(c) February 14, 1999.
(d) March 24, 1995.

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 ask Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
(c) To draw attention to the Holocaust.
(d) To commemorate the end of WWI.

11. On February 18, 1986:
(a) The Senate votes on the ratification resolution.
(b) The Senate adopts the ratification resolution.
(c) The Senate amends the ratification resolution.
(d) The Senate rejects the ratification resolution.

12. In July 1995, Serb forces invade Srbrenica, which is considered a:
(a) Safe area.
(b) Major city.
(c) Autonomous region.
(d) Refugee camp.

13. Which concentration center does British Independent Television gain footage of?
(a) Helsinki.
(b) Srbrenica.
(c) Sarajevo.
(d) Trnopolje.

14. Officials at The Hague use the ______________ as a foundation for the court at which Slobodan Milosevic is tried.
(a) Danish justice system.
(b) Nuremberg Trials.
(c) American justice system.
(d) Serbian justice system.

15. What is the goal of NATO's bombing campaign?
(a) Autonomy for Kosovo.
(b) Autonomy for Bosnia.
(c) Milosevic's ouster.
(d) Milosevic's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1994, the United States set aside half a million dollars to collect information and evidence on which genocide?

2. How do most of the Kurds killed by the Iraqis die?

3. 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."

4. Whom does Iraq's president appoint as secretary-general of the Northern Bureau?

5. 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?

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