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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During the Rape of Nanking, the Japanese outdo all BUT WHICH of the following massacres?
(a) Christians during Spanish Inquisition.
(b) Timur Lenk at Delhi.
(c) Romans at Carthage.
(d) Stalin in Russia.

3. Kirby mentions in the Foreword that the Rape of Nanking accomplished what in the eyes of the world?
(a) Had no effect on public opinion.
(b) Turned public opinion against both Japan and China.
(c) Turned public opinion against China.
(d) Turned public opinion against Japan.

4. The Foreword mentions that the Rape of Nanking has haunted Chinese-Japanese relations for how many years?
(a) Ninety years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Sixty years.
(d) Forty years.

5. What item has Ms. Chang found, belonging to John Rabe, that is mentioned in the Foreword?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Diary.
(c) Home videos.
(d) Newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kirby states that Ms. Chang has drawn connections between which of the following?

2. According to the Introduction, Europeans date the beginning of World War II in which year?

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

4. In the Foreword, what is the date given for the fall of Nanking?

5. When Nanking falls, Japanese soldiers round up tens of thousands of Chinese men and commit all BUT WHICH of the following atrocities?

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