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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. In the Foreword, what is the date given for the fall of Nanking?
(a) November 8.
(b) December 13.
(c) October 4.
(d) December 25.

2. 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.

3. "The Path to Nanking" states that Japan's golden era of prosperity comes to an end during which decade?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1890s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1920s.

4. Why, according to Kirby, is Ms. Chang's book so important?
(a) No one has ever talked about the event before.
(b) The incident has largely been forgotten in the West.
(c) It is the only historical account written by a woman.
(d) The book brought great publicity to Chinese Americans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Shao Tzuping, one of the producers of a documentary on The Rape of Nanking, had served in all BUT WHICH of the following positions?

2. In what year does the Meiji government of Japan send a naval fleet to Korea to force a commerce agreement?

3. What is the geographical area mentioned as the main site of the Japanese/Chinese conflict at the time Nanking fell?

4. In his book, Lieutenant Colonel Hashimoto Kingoro wrote that Japan could escape the pressures of surplus population in all BUT WHICH of the following ways?

5. On December 13, 1937, Japanese soldiers are ordered to execute all Chinese prisoners of war for all BUT WHICH of the following reasons?

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