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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Six Weeks of Terror.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the Meiji government of Japan send a naval fleet to Korea to force a commerce agreement?
(a) 1794.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1675.
(d) 1876.

2. 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?
(a) Matsui.
(b) Nakajima.
(c) Asaka.
(d) Yanagawa.

3. Decades later, what is still stunning about the way in which the Rape of Nanking was conducted?
(a) It was very short.
(b) It was limited to the military population.
(c) It was a public rampage.
(d) It went on for so long.

4. Tuberculosis strikes the first commander of the Japanese military. Who then takes over as the leader of the troops around Nanking?
(a) Yanagawa.
(b) Matsui.
(c) Nakajima.
(d) Asaka.

5. Kirby mentions in the Foreword that the Rape of Nanking accomplished what in the eyes of the world?
(a) Turned public opinion against Japan.
(b) Turned public opinion against China.
(c) Turned public opinion against both Japan and China.
(d) Had no effect on public opinion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, Ms. Chang quotes which of the following authors as stating that to forget a holocaust is to kill twice?

2. The Rape of Nanking was kept quiet by all BUT WHICH of the following countries?

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

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

5. To which atmosphere could the elementary schools of Japan best be compared?

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