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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through What the World Knew.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tuberculosis strikes the first commander of the Japanese military. Who then takes over as the leader of the troops around Nanking?
(a) Matsui.
(b) Yanagawa.
(c) Nakajima.
(d) Asaka.

2. Which of the following newsreel reporters are NOT on board when the USS Panay is attacked?
(a) Normal Alley.
(b) Eric Mayell.
(c) Jean Marie Lutes.
(d) Sandro Sandri.

3. Most of the Zone leaders have no bodyguard experience, and yet they accomplish all BUT WHICH of the following actions anyway?
(a) Keeping young girls from being kidnapped.
(b) Jumping in front of cannons and machine guns.
(c) Pulling men away from execution sites.
(d) Rescuing women from rapists.

4. In "The Nanking Safety Zone," which individual does Chang first discuss?
(a) American surgeon.
(b) American missionary professor.
(c) German businessman.
(d) German merchant.

5. After the Japanese victory at Shanghai, Chinese officials do all BUT WHICH of the following to prepare for possible attacks elsewhere?
(a) Order civilians out of the cities.
(b) Order residents to camouflage homes.
(c) Have citizens build bomb shelters.
(d) Hold practice air-raid drills.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date in 1937 do most reporters leave Nanking after the city falls to the Japanese?

2. The first diary leaked out of Nanking is published in all BUT WHICH of the following magazines?

3. According to the Introduction, Europeans date the beginning of World War II in which year?

4. Which individual does Chang discuss third in "The Nanking Safety Zone" chapter?

5. In comparison to Germany, what percentage of war reparations has Japan paid the victims of Nanking?

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