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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. In "What the World Knew," Chang presents diary or letter responses to the Japanese propaganda from all BUT WHICH of the following individuals?
(a) Minnie Vautrin.
(b) James McCallum.
(c) George Fitch.
(d) Lewis Smythe.

2. What kind of resistance does the Japanese army meet when it gets to Nanking?
(a) Practically nonexistent.
(b) Not well-organized.
(c) Well-organized.
(d) Nearly impossible to match.

3. Most of the Zone leaders have no bodyguard experience, and yet they accomplish all BUT WHICH of the following actions anyway?
(a) Rescuing women from rapists.
(b) Pulling men away from execution sites.
(c) Jumping in front of cannons and machine guns.
(d) Keeping young girls from being kidnapped.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Introduction, Americans think that World War II began in which year?

2. 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?

3. On what date in 1937 do most reporters leave Nanking after the city falls to the Japanese?

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

5. Which of the following does the author NOT discover is a published book on the subject of Nanking?

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