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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. According to the Introduction, Africans believe World War II began in which year?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1941.

2. In comparison to Germany, what percentage of war reparations has Japan paid the victims of Nanking?
(a) About 15%.
(b) 120%.
(c) More than 50%.
(d) Less than 1%.

3. To whom does the leader of the Nationalists shift the responsibility for defending Nanking after the fall of Shanghai?
(a) Frank Xing.
(b) Chiang Kai-shek.
(c) Chang Tien-Chun.
(d) Tang Sheng-chih.

4. Toward the end of "The Nanking Safety Zone," Chang states that the Safety Zone holds about how many refugees?
(a) Nine to twelve hundred.
(b) Three to four hundred.
(c) Six to eight hundred.
(d) Two to three hundred thousand.

5. Ms. Chang informs the reader that the Rape of Nanking is told from all BUT WHICH of the following points of view?
(a) Nazi government.
(b) American/European observers.
(c) Japanese military.
(d) Chinese victims.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Nanking falls, how many people are housed in the Safety Zone?

2. By December of 1937, how many Chinese troops populate the area around Nanking?

3. Chang states in "Six Weeks of Terror" that one of the Japanese military leaders is known as "the masked shogun" because information about this person is scarce. To which leader does she refer?

4. What kind of resistance does the Japanese army meet when it gets to Nanking?

5. In "The Nanking Safety Zone," which of the following do the International Committee members NOT have to provide for the refugees in the Safety Zone?

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