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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following does the author NOT discover is a published book on the subject of Nanking?
(a) Two Months of Terror.
(b) Tree of Heaven.
(c) Tend of Orange Mist.
(d) Undeniable History in Photographs.

3. When Nanking falls, Japanese soldiers round up tens of thousands of Chinese men and commit all BUT WHICH of the following atrocities?
(a) Blindfold and bury them alive.
(b) Mow them down with machine guns.
(c) Use them for bayonet practice.
(d) Soak them with gasoline and burn them alive.

4. According to the Introduction, Africans believe World War II began in which year?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1941.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kirby mentions in the Foreword that the Rape of Nanking accomplished what in the eyes of the world?

2. When does the author first learn about the Rape of Nanking?

3. According to the Introduction, Americans think that World War II began in which year?

4. Shao Tzuping, one of the producers of a documentary on The Rape of Nanking, had served in all BUT WHICH of the following positions?

5. The Foreword states that the occupation of Nanking was supposed to be a turning point for the Japanese in the struggle against which leader's armies?

(see the answer key)

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