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1. Which of the following ethnonationalist movements were successful in gaining independence?

a. The part of Kashmir administered by Pakistan

b. The part of Kashmir administered by India

c. The Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang, China

d. None of the above

2. Which of the following conflicts gave rise to extremist Islamic fundamentalism?

a. The 2003 invasion of Iraq

b. The chaos caused by the Arab Spring

c. Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

d. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict

3. The Rwandan genocide is an example of

a. the superpowers interfering in the domestic politics of smaller states

b. how definitions of different concepts in international relations could be manipulated

c. how in practice the definition of genocide is inconsistently applied

d. Both B and C

4. What do the civil wars in the Congo and Syria have in common?

a. They erupted after the demonstrations in Tunisia spread in the region

b. They turned into proxy wars representing regional and/or international interests

c. The incumbent dictator in both countries was overthrown

d. None of the above

5. In which of the following conflicts were unconventional weapons used?

a. World War I

b. World War II

c. The Syrian Civil War

d. All of the above

6. Which of the following theorists would likely explain that Operation Desert Storm in 1991 against Saddam's regime was launched in fear of changing the status quo?

a. Realists

b. Liberalists

c. Constructivists

d. Both A and B

7. Which of the following theorists would probably predict that because Germany and the United States are democratically elected countries, they are not likely to go to war against each other?

a. Realists

b. Liberalists

c. Constructivists

d. Both B and C

8. Which of the following statements poses a challenge to the logic of deterrence?

a. People do not always act rationally

b. Suicide bombers sacrifice their own lives

c. Terrorists have no return address

d. All of the above

9. The 2003 US invasion of Iraq violated

a. Jus ad bellum principles

b. Jus in bello principles

c. Both A and B

d. None of the above