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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. Which of the following people is alone in advocating a strong defense for Nanking in November of 1937?
(a) Chang Tien-Chun.
(b) Chiang Kai-shek.
(c) Frank Xing.
(d) Tang Sheng-chih.

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?
(a) December 29.
(b) December 11.
(c) January 3.
(d) November 26.

3. According to the Introduction, Europeans date the beginning of World War II in which year?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1941.

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

5. According to Ms. Chang, why is the Rape of Nanking not as well known as the Holocaust or Hiroshima?
(a) The Chinese were ashamed of the incident.
(b) The victims stayed silent.
(c) There were not as many deaths.
(d) The Japanese killed all the witnesses.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nanking falls, Japanese soldiers round up tens of thousands of Chinese men and commit all BUT WHICH of the following atrocities?

2. In "Six Weeks of Terror," what is the primary Japanese strategy for the invasion of Nanking?

3. What is the name of the ship on which most foreign diplomats leave Nanking right before it falls to the Japanese?

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

5. During the Rape of Nanking, the Japanese outdo all BUT WHICH of the following massacres?

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