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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 individual does Chang discuss third in "The Nanking Safety Zone" chapter?
(a) American missionary professor.
(b) American surgeon.
(c) German merchant.
(d) German businessman.

2. Chang says in "The Fall of Nanking" that which of her own family members barely manage to stay together while evacuating Nanking?
(a) Parents.
(b) Aunt and uncle.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Grandparents.

3. When does the author first learn about the Rape of Nanking?
(a) As a teenager.
(b) As a little girl.
(c) During college.
(d) After getting married.

4. Which Chinese city is known as "the Venice of China" and is completely devastated by the Japanese army?
(a) Shanghai.
(b) Nanking.
(c) Suchow.
(d) Sungchiang.

5. Which of the following newsreel reporters are NOT on board when the USS Panay is attacked?
(a) Jean Marie Lutes.
(b) Sandro Sandri.
(c) Normal Alley.
(d) Eric Mayell.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. During which year does the author say she first realized the Nanking massacre was historically accurate and not simply myth?

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

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

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