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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By November 2001, how many of the fifty-three Rwandan defendants in U.S. custody have been convicted of genocide?
(a) 50.
(b) 3.
(c) 53.
(d) 8.

2. On April 16, 1994, which American newspaper reports the deaths of 1,200 Tutsi (men, women, and children) in a church building?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Chicago Tribune.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) USA Today.

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

4. In response to demands for his rule to end, Serbia's leader brutalizes what minority in Kosovo?
(a) Croats.
(b) Albanians.
(c) Macedonians.
(d) Bosnians.

5. 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?
(a) As an international humanitarian crisis.
(b) As an act of war.
(c) As nothing out of the ordinary.
(d) As a military situation.

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

7. 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 Zepa was attacked.
(c) If Gorazde was attacked.
(d) If UN troops were attacked.

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

9. The first wave of calls for an international war crimes tribunal in the 1990s comes after:
(a) The Srbrenica massacre.
(b) The Rwandan genocide.
(c) Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait.
(d) The Bosnian genocide.

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

11. Some European countries take exception to the _____________ within the U.S.'s ratification resolution.
(a) Definition of genocide.
(b) Genocide exemptions.
(c) Amnesty clause.
(d) Sovereignty restrictions.

12. How do most of the Kurds killed by the Iraqis die?
(a) Mass executions.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Biological attacks.
(d) Gas attacks.

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

14. Kurdish refugees begin pouring into ____________ and pouring out stories of their suffering to anyone who would listen.
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Iran.
(d) Yugoslavia.

15. In 1990, after the U.S. Senate cuts off Iraq's financial assistance and credit line, what happened?
(a) Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. Marines.
(b) Saddam Hussein was overthrown by his military.
(c) Iraq invaded Kuwait.
(d) Iraq invaded Iran.

Short Answer Questions

1. From 1983 to 1988, the United States gives Iraq more than ____________ per year in credit so that Iraq could purchase American products.

2. Early signs of trouble in the Balkans begin with brief wars in Slovenia and Croatia in the early:

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

4. What is the name of the UN official who releases a report on July 24, 1995, that says 7,000 Srbrenica residents have disappeared?

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

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