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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Six Weeks of Terror.

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) Mow them down with machine guns.
(c) Use them for bayonet practice.
(d) Blindfold and bury them alive.

2. According to Kirby, what motivates the Japanese soldiers to behave in such a horrible manner?
(a) They were tired of the war.
(b) They hated and feared the Chinese.
(c) Soldiers were unsupervised.
(d) We may never know.

3. In the 12th Century, the Samurai became firmly established by which powerful Japanese family?
(a) Hirohito.
(b) Fujiwara.
(c) Minamoto.
(d) Shogun.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Japan withdraw from the League of Nations?

2. How long does Japan initially believe it will take to conquer mainland China?

3. In what year does China's war with Japan end?

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

5. What does the Japanese government do in response to the mass rape committed by soldiers in Nanking?

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