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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. What title does Kirby hold that qualifies him to write the Foreword for Ms. Chang's book?
(a) Professor of Modern Japanese History.
(b) President of Yale University.
(c) President of Princeton.
(d) Professor of Modern Chinese History.

2. In which year does a group of officers launch a coup d'etat in Tokyo that kills the Prime Minister?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1936.

3. What is the geographical area mentioned as the main site of the Japanese/Chinese conflict at the time Nanking fell?
(a) Suzhou Plains.
(b) Sichuan Valley.
(c) Hunan Gorge.
(d) Yangtze Valley.

4. When Nanking falls, Japanese soldiers round up tens of thousands of Chinese men and commit all BUT WHICH of the following atrocities?
(a) Mow them down with machine guns.
(b) Soak them with gasoline and burn them alive.
(c) Use them for bayonet practice.
(d) Blindfold and bury them alive.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does Japan initially believe it will take to conquer mainland China?

3. In what year does the Meiji government of Japan send a naval fleet to Korea to force a commerce agreement?

4. Which of the following military commanders is initially in charge of the Japanese imperial army for the Shanghai-Nanking region?

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

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