View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fall of Nanking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title does Kirby hold that qualifies him to write the Foreword for Ms. Chang's book?
(a) President of Princeton.
(b) Professor of Modern Chinese History.
(c) President of Yale University.
(d) Professor of Modern Japanese History.

2. In "The Fall of Nanking," Chang states that Nanking has been occupied by foreign armies how many times?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

3. 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) Have citizens build bomb shelters.
(c) Order residents to camouflage homes.
(d) Hold practice air-raid drills.

4. What nationality is John Rabe?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) Japanese.
(d) Chinese.

5. In comparison to Germany, what percentage of war reparations has Japan paid the victims of Nanking?
(a) About 15%.
(b) More than 50%.
(c) Less than 1%.
(d) 120%.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the author first learn about the Rape of Nanking?

2. What kind of resistance does the Japanese army meet when it gets to Nanking?

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

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

5. According to Ms. Chang, why is the Rape of Nanking not as well known as the Holocaust or Hiroshima?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 266 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample