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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Forgotten Holocause: A Second Rape.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year does China's war with Japan end?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1932.

3. In "Six Weeks of Horror," Chang states that Japanese soldiers use all BUT WHICH of the following methods to exterminate Chinese civilians?
(a) Death by ice.
(b) Death by fire.
(c) Death by dogs.
(d) Death by starvation.

4. The fall of Shanghai is a particularly hard blow to the leader of the Nationalists. Who is he?
(a) Tang Sheng-chih.
(b) Chang Tien-Chun.
(c) Frank Xing.
(d) Chiang Kai-shek.

5. According to Ms. Chang, why is the Rape of Nanking not as well known as the Holocaust or Hiroshima?
(a) There were not as many deaths.
(b) The Chinese were ashamed of the incident.
(c) The Japanese killed all the witnesses.
(d) The victims stayed silent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of resistance does the Japanese army meet when it gets to Nanking?

3. In what month during "The Occupation of Nanking" do the Japanese open a facility for medical experiments on Nanking residents?

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

5. Kirby states that all BUT WHICH of Japan's following actions took place in stark contrast to conventional rules of warfare?

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