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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Six Weeks of Terror.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What motto sums up the mindset that Japanese cadets were taught to adopt?
(a) "The weak must be destroyed."
(b) "A will which knows no defeat."
(c) "The greatest honor is to kill Chinese."
(d) "Japan will rule the world."

2. Kirby states that all BUT WHICH of Japan's following actions took place in stark contrast to conventional rules of warfare?
(a) Execution of civilians.
(b) Rape of civilians.
(c) Occupation.
(d) Execution of soldiers.

3. Which of the following military commanders is initially in charge of the Japanese imperial army for the Shanghai-Nanking region?
(a) Yanagawa.
(b) Matsui.
(c) Asaka.
(d) Nakajima.

4. According to Kirby, what motivates the Japanese soldiers to behave in such a horrible manner?
(a) They hated and feared the Chinese.
(b) They were tired of the war.
(c) Soldiers were unsupervised.
(d) We may never know.

5. According to Chang in "Six Weeks of Terror," what happens to the Japanese war criminals after Nanking?
(a) Protected by the Japanese government.
(b) Executed many years ago.
(c) Fugitives from the law.
(d) Life sentences in jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Foreword mentions that the Rape of Nanking has haunted Chinese-Japanese relations for how many years?

2. Which Chinese city is known as "the Venice of China" and is completely devastated by the Japanese army?

3. According to the Introduction, Africans believe World War II began in which year?

4. In what year does Japan withdraw from the League of Nations?

5. In his book, Lieutenant Colonel Hashimoto Kingoro wrote that Japan could escape the pressures of surplus population in all BUT WHICH of the following ways?

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