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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In comparison to Germany, what percentage of war reparations has Japan paid the victims of Nanking?
(a) 120%.
(b) About 15%.
(c) More than 50%.
(d) Less than 1%.

2. In the Introduction, Ms. Chang quotes which of the following authors as stating that to forget a holocaust is to kill twice?
(a) George Santayana.
(b) Akutagawa Ryunosuke.
(c) Shao Tzuping.
(d) Elie Wiesel.

3. 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?
(a) Chiang Kai-shek.
(b) Nakajima Kesago.
(c) Tang Sheng-chih.
(d) Asaka Yasuhiko.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how many years does the conflict between China and Japan last?

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

4. Ms. Chang informs the reader that the Rape of Nanking is told from all BUT WHICH of the following points of view?

5. According to Ms. Chang, why is the Rape of Nanking not as well known as the Holocaust or Hiroshima?

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