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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. In "The Fate of the Survivors," Chang states that she is able to videotape oral testimony from Nanking survivors during what year?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1981.

2. What can be considered ironic about John Rabe as a defender of the Safety Zone?
(a) He is a Nazi.
(b) He accomplishes good by accident.
(c) He doesn't speak any Asian languages.
(d) He is Japanese.

3. After the Japanese surrender, John Rabe begins to talk openly about what he witnessed in Nanking. In response, he is arrested by all BUT WHICH of the following governments?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) Russia.
(d) Japan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following military commanders is initially in charge of the Japanese imperial army for the Shanghai-Nanking region?

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

3. Most of the Zone leaders have no bodyguard experience, and yet they accomplish all BUT WHICH of the following actions anyway?

4. Why do the Japanese soldiers generally kill the women they rape after they've finished?

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

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