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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 the 12th Century, the Samurai became firmly established by which powerful Japanese family?
(a) Hirohito.
(b) Shogun.
(c) Fujiwara.
(d) Minamoto.

2. For Asian nations, World War II can be dated from which year?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1935.

3. In his book, Lieutenant Colonel Hashimoto Kingoro wrote that Japan could escape the pressures of surplus population in all BUT WHICH of the following ways?
(a) Immigration.
(b) Greater food production.
(c) Advance into world markets.
(d) Territory expansion.

4. In the Foreword, what is the date given for the fall of Nanking?
(a) December 13.
(b) December 25.
(c) November 8.
(d) October 4.

5. What World War II event has helped the world believe the myth that Japan was a victim and not an instigator?
(a) Holocaust.
(b) Pearl Harbor.
(c) Hiroshima.
(d) Nanking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In which year does a group of officers launch a coup d'etat in Tokyo that kills the Prime Minister?

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 event does the author mention in the Introduction that prompted many Nanking survivors to speak out about the massacre?

5. In comparison to Germany, what percentage of war reparations has Japan paid the victims of Nanking?

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