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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. During which year does the author say she first realized the Nanking massacre was historically accurate and not simply myth?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1987.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1994.

2. In what year does the Meiji government of Japan send a naval fleet to Korea to force a commerce agreement?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1675.
(d) 1794.

3. Approximately how many Chinese civilians and former soldiers are killed during the mass execution near Mufu Mountain?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 104,000.
(c) 57,000.
(d) 12,000.

4. To which infamous Nazi is Nakajima Kesago compared in the "Six Weeks of Terror" chapter?
(a) Eichmann.
(b) Himmler.
(c) Prutzmann.
(d) Hitler.

5. What event does the author mention in the Introduction that prompted many Nanking survivors to speak out about the massacre?
(a) Opium War.
(b) Long March.
(c) Tiananmen Square.
(d) Pacification of Manchukuo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By which decade does the author state in "The Path to Nanking" that Japan had launched an undeclared war on China?

3. What motto sums up the mindset that Japanese cadets were taught to adopt?

4. What nationality is John Rabe?

5. According to Kirby, what motivates the Japanese soldiers to behave in such a horrible manner?

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