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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. After Nanking falls, how many people are housed in the Safety Zone?
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) Several hundred.
(c) One thousand.
(d) Ten thousand.

2. Chang states that during her visit to Nanking, she discovers that reparations from Japan in what amount would make a huge difference for the survivors?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $300.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $100.

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

4. When the Nanking Safety Zone is initially set up, how long does the International Committee intend for it to be open?
(a) One year.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) Two days.
(d) Six months.

5. Why do the Japanese soldiers generally kill the women they rape after they've finished?
(a) Rape is officially prohibited by military command.
(b) In order to relieve the dishonor for the woman's family.
(c) So that angry husbands won't know who to blame.
(d) They don't want to pay the women their fee.

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. What does the Japanese government do in response to the mass rape committed by soldiers in Nanking?

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

4. Approximately how many Chinese civilians and former soldiers are killed during the mass execution near Mufu Mountain?

5. When news of John Rabe's situation reaches China, the Nanking survivors raise how much money in US dollars to help him?

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