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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. The first diary leaked out of Nanking is published in all BUT WHICH of the following magazines?
(a) Far Eastern.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Time.
(d) Reader's Digest.

2. Why, according to Kirby, is Ms. Chang's book so important?
(a) The incident has largely been forgotten in the West.
(b) No one has ever talked about the event before.
(c) The book brought great publicity to Chinese Americans.
(d) It is the only historical account written by a woman.

3. Segments of the diary writer's film in "What the World Knew" are eventually included in a documentary entitled "Why We Fight: Battle of China" by which director?
(a) John Rabe.
(b) Frank Capra.
(c) George Fitch.
(d) John Magee.

4. By December of 1937, how many Chinese troops populate the area around Nanking?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 90,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 60,000.

5. Japanese soldiers break into Nanking University Hospital after the massacre and steal all BUT WHICH of the following from nurses?
(a) Medications.
(b) Flashlights.
(c) Wristwatches.
(d) Pens.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, the author cites what fact as her primary motivation for writing this book?

2. The Japanese occupation of Nanking finally ends during what year?

3. After Minnie Vautrin returns to the United States, she repeatedly attempts suicide. On what date does she finally succeed in ending her life?

4. "The Fate of the Survivors" states that many of the victims of Nanking continue to suffer all BUT WHICH of the following?

5. Why do the Japanese soldiers generally kill the women they rape after they've finished?

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