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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fate of the Survivors.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Looting in the Safety Zone makes food so scarce that refugees are forced to eat all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Goldenrod.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Dandelions.
(d) Mushrooms.

2. What kind of resistance does the Japanese army meet when it gets to Nanking?
(a) Well-organized.
(b) Practically nonexistent.
(c) Not well-organized.
(d) Nearly impossible to match.

3. Chang states in "Six Weeks of Terror" that one of the Japanese military leaders is known as "the masked shogun" because information about this person is scarce. To which leader does she refer?
(a) Yanagawa.
(b) Matsui.
(c) Nakajima.
(d) Asaka.

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

5. When news of John Rabe's situation reaches China, the Nanking survivors raise how much money in US dollars to help him?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $500.
(d) $6,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. After John Rabe's death, his family finally publishes his diary. It is covered by world media on what date?

2. On which of the following persons does Chang NOT concentrate during "The Nanking Safety Zone" chapter?

3. What can be considered ironic about John Rabe as a defender of the Safety Zone?

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

5. According to Chang in "Six Weeks of Terror," what happens to the Japanese war criminals after Nanking?

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