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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Srbrenica massacre, how many Muslims, mostly men and boys are killed?
(a) 7,000.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 5,000.

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?
(a) Hutu.
(b) Pygmy.
(c) Watusi.
(d) Tutsi.

3. What is the name of the UN official who releases a report on July 24, 1995, that says 7,000 Srbrenica residents have disappeared?
(a) Vaclav Havel.
(b) Ban-Ki Moon.
(c) Lech Walesa.
(d) Tadeusz Mazowiecki.

4. What form of intervention do the United States, Europe, and the United Nations not deploy in Bosnia until it is too late?
(a) Military.
(b) Humanitarian.
(c) Political.
(d) Economic.

5. 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.

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

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

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

9. By April 10, 1994, Dallaire becomes convinced that the Hutus are targeting anyone who had this in their possession:
(a) A Tutsi identification card.
(b) A Rwandan passport.
(c) A Rwandan driver's license.
(d) A college degree.

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

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

12. The Bosnian Serbs' actions against non-Serbs are euphemistically referred to as:
(a) Ethnic purification.
(b) Ethnic cleansing.
(c) Ethnic re-alignment.
(d) Ethnic unification.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The former Yugoslavia presents no obvious threat to:

2. Hutu gunmen and soldiers, within hours of the president's death, execute virtually all of Rwanda's __________ politicians.

3. The Serb crackdown in Kosovo is endangering a fragile peace in Bosnia on which the U.S. had already spent more than:

4. How many chemical attacks take place against the Kurds throughout Iraq?

5. In what year is the first genocide case tried before an international court?

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