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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. For how long does the most violent part of the Rape of Nanking last?
(a) Six days.
(b) Two years.
(c) Twelve months.
(d) Seven weeks.

2. On December 13, 1937, Japanese soldiers are ordered to execute all Chinese prisoners of war for all BUT WHICH of the following reasons?
(a) Prevention of guerrilla forces.
(b) Food shortage.
(c) Fear of retaliation.
(d) Free up space.

3. Which Chinese city is known as "the Venice of China" and is completely devastated by the Japanese army?
(a) Suchow.
(b) Nanking.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Sungchiang.

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

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) Hiroshima.
(c) Nanking.
(d) Pearl Harbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Foreword mentions that the Rape of Nanking has haunted Chinese-Japanese relations for how many years?

2. Tuberculosis strikes the first commander of the Japanese military. Who then takes over as the leader of the troops around Nanking?

3. To which atmosphere could the elementary schools of Japan best be compared?

4. Why, according to Kirby, is Ms. Chang's book so important?

5. In "The Path to Nanking," the author states that the Japanese Samurai code of conduct is called what?

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