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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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) Forty years.
(d) Sixty years.

5. When does the author first learn about the Rape of Nanking?
(a) As a teenager.
(b) During college.
(c) After getting married.
(d) As a little girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What World War II event has helped the world believe the myth that Japan was a victim and not an instigator?

2. During which year does the author say she first realized the Nanking massacre was historically accurate and not simply myth?

3. For how long does the most violent part of the Rape of Nanking last?

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

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

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