1. By which decade does the author state in "The Path to Nanking" that Japan had launched an undeclared war on China?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1940s.

2. In the Introduction, the author cites what fact as her primary motivation for writing this book?
(a) Japanese distortion of history.
(b) American ignorance of the massacre.
(c) African massacres.
(d) Chinese indifference to the victims.

3. In "The Path to Nanking," the author states that the Japanese Samurai code of conduct is called what?
(a) Konnichiwa.
(b) Kiyaku.
(c) Masurao.
(d) Bushido.

4. On December 13, 1937, Japanese soldiers are ordered to execute all Chinese prisoners of war for all BUT WHICH of the following reasons?
(a) Free up space.
(b) Food shortage.
(c) Fear of retaliation.
(d) Prevention of guerrilla forces.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the geographical area mentioned as the main site of the Japanese/Chinese conflict at the time Nanking fell?

3. In the Introduction, Ms. Chang quotes which of the following authors as stating that to forget a holocaust is to kill twice?

4. During the Rape of Nanking, the Japanese outdo all BUT WHICH of the following massacres?

5. For how many years does the conflict between China and Japan last?

(see the answer key)

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