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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On which humanitarian crisis does the U.S. government focus in an attempt to deflect attention and public pressure away from Bosnia?
(a) Romania.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Somalia.

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

4. One year after the U.S. ratifies the genocide convention, who is the president of Iraq?
(a) Hamid Karzai.
(b) Ali Hassan al-Majid.
(c) Reza Pahlavi.
(d) Saddam Hussein.

5. The U.S. and Western countries believe the Serbs will try to ______________ Srbrenica, based on their intelligence.
(a) Besiege.
(b) Neutralize.
(c) Avoid.
(d) Destroy.

6. In 1994, the United States set aside half a million dollars to collect information and evidence on which genocide?
(a) The Holocaust.
(b) The Khmer Rouge atrocities.
(c) The Rwandan genocide.
(d) The Armenian genocide.

7. Which substance is not used by Iraqi forces in the attack on Halabja?
(a) Ricin.
(b) Tabun.
(c) Sarin.
(d) Mustard gas.

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

9. How many chemical attacks take place against the Kurds throughout Iraq?
(a) At least forty.
(b) Under twenty.
(c) More than fifty.
(d) Over one hundred.

10. In what year does President Reagan lay a wreath at Germany's Bitburg Cemetery, which holds the graves of 49 Nazi SS officials?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1983.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Serbia becomes disillusioned with ____________, its leader, and begins to demand an end to his rule.

2. After the U.S. embassy in London cables Washington with news of the Srbrenica atrocities, how do senior U.S. and UN officials treat the situation?

3. President Clinton closes the Rwandan embassy in Washington and seizes its assets after:

4. In response to the bombing, Serbian forces expell 1.3 million Kosovars, _____________ of which flee to Macedonia and Albania.

5. Which 1998 law signed by President Clinton calls for an international tribunal to be established to try those who committed the Kurdish genocide?

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