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

2. In "The Nanking Safety Zone," which individual does Chang first discuss?
(a) German businessman.
(b) German merchant.
(c) American missionary professor.
(d) American surgeon.

3. In what year during "The Fate of the Survivors" does the People's Republic of China announce that it has forgiven Japan and invites the Japanese prime minister to visit China?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1974.
(d) 2002.

4. After Nanking, what event is pivotal in the change of relations between the United States and Japan?
(a) Cold War.
(b) Yalta Conference.
(c) IMTFE trials.
(d) Japan's surrender.

5. What is the name of the ship on which most foreign diplomats leave Nanking right before it falls to the Japanese?
(a) HMS Hastings.
(b) USS Augusta.
(c) HMS Fowey.
(d) USS Panay.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year during "The Fate of the Survivors" do seizures and a mental collapse force Robert Wilson to leave Nanking for Santa Barbara, California?

2. Tuberculosis strikes the first commander of the Japanese military. Who then takes over as the leader of the troops around Nanking?

3. In "The Nanking Safety Zone," which individual does Chang discuss second?

4. Looting in the Safety Zone makes food so scarce that refugees are forced to eat all BUT WHICH of the following?

5. In "The Fate of the Survivors," Chang states that she is able to videotape oral testimony from Nanking survivors during what year?

(see the answer key)

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