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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fall of Nanking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Japanese government do in response to the mass rape committed by soldiers in Nanking?
(a) Put more responsible officers on duty.
(b) Reprimand rapists.
(c) Set up brothels.
(d) Reward rapists.

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

3. What motto sums up the mindset that Japanese cadets were taught to adopt?
(a) "The weak must be destroyed."
(b) "The greatest honor is to kill Chinese."
(c) "A will which knows no defeat."
(d) "Japan will rule the world."

4. Kirby mentions in the Foreword that Nanking prompted China to do all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Retreat.
(b) Regroup.
(c) Outlast.
(d) Give up.

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

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

3. Which of the following military commanders is initially in charge of the Japanese imperial army for the Shanghai-Nanking region?

4. What nationality is John Rabe?

5. Chang states in "Six Weeks of Terror" that one of the Japanese military leaders is known as "the masked shogun" because information about this person is scarce. To which leader does she refer?

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