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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through What the World Knew.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many Chinese civilians and former soldiers are killed during the mass execution near Mufu Mountain?
(a) 57,000.
(b) 104,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 12,000.

2. During which year does the author say she first realized the Nanking massacre was historically accurate and not simply myth?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1972.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1987.

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

4. The fall of Shanghai is a particularly hard blow to the leader of the Nationalists. Who is he?
(a) Chang Tien-Chun.
(b) Tang Sheng-chih.
(c) Chiang Kai-shek.
(d) Frank Xing.

5. After the order to retreat is given, what route is left open to leave Nanking without encountering Japanese soldiers?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) East.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward the end of "The Nanking Safety Zone," Chang states that the Safety Zone holds about how many refugees?

2. On what date does the commander who is left in charge of Nanking receive orders from the leader of the Nationalists to abandon the city?

3. According to Ms. Chang, why is the Rape of Nanking not as well known as the Holocaust or Hiroshima?

4. Which of the following people is alone in advocating a strong defense for Nanking in November of 1937?

5. One of the diary writers in "What the World Knew" is able to take several reels of film and smuggle them out of Nanking on which date?

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