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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) 1876.
(b) 1675.
(c) 1794.
(d) 1990.

2. On December 13, 1937, Japanese soldiers are ordered to execute all Chinese prisoners of war for all BUT WHICH of the following reasons?
(a) Food shortage.
(b) Free up space.
(c) Prevention of guerrilla forces.
(d) Fear of retaliation.

3. Kirby states that all BUT WHICH of Japan's following actions took place in stark contrast to conventional rules of warfare?
(a) Execution of civilians.
(b) Rape of civilians.
(c) Occupation.
(d) Execution of soldiers.

4. The Rape of Nanking was kept quiet by all BUT WHICH of the following countries?
(a) United States.
(b) Republic of China.
(c) People's Republic of China.
(d) Germany.

5. Why do the Japanese soldiers generally kill the women they rape after they've finished?
(a) In order to relieve the dishonor for the woman's family.
(b) Rape is officially prohibited by military command.
(c) They don't want to pay the women their fee.
(d) So that angry husbands won't know who to blame.

Short Answer Questions

1. Decades later, what is still stunning about the way in which the Rape of Nanking was conducted?

2. What is the geographical area mentioned as the main site of the Japanese/Chinese conflict at the time Nanking fell?

3. In what year does China's war with Japan end?

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

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

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