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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Judgment Day.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item has Ms. Chang found, belonging to John Rabe, that is mentioned in the Foreword?
(a) Diary.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Home videos.

2. Which Chinese city is known as "the Venice of China" and is completely devastated by the Japanese army?
(a) Suchow.
(b) Sungchiang.
(c) Nanking.
(d) Shanghai.

3. Toward the end of "The Nanking Safety Zone," Chang states that the Safety Zone holds about how many refugees?
(a) Three to four hundred.
(b) Nine to twelve hundred.
(c) Two to three hundred thousand.
(d) Six to eight hundred.

4. During the Rape of Nanking, the Japanese outdo all BUT WHICH of the following massacres?
(a) Timur Lenk at Delhi.
(b) Romans at Carthage.
(c) Stalin in Russia.
(d) Christians during Spanish Inquisition.

5. The first diary leaked out of Nanking is published in all BUT WHICH of the following magazines?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) Reader's Digest.
(c) Far Eastern.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does the most violent part of the Rape of Nanking last?

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

3. In which year does a group of officers launch a coup d'etat in Tokyo that kills the Prime Minister?

4. In "Six Weeks of Horror," who is the woman who fights back against the Japanese rapists?

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

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