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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1794.
(d) 1675.

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

3. 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?
(a) Immigration.
(b) Greater food production.
(c) Territory expansion.
(d) Advance into world markets.

4. All BUT WHICH of the following groups of citizens remain in Nanking after the soldiers leave the city?
(a) Poor.
(b) Elderly.
(c) Government leaders.
(d) Children.

5. Who is the Japanese imperial army major who writes a report of confession while awaiting trial for his crimes?
(a) Ohta Hisao.
(b) Li Xouying.
(c) Sun Zhaiwei.
(d) Liu Fang-chu.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. A German diplomat reports that many Chinese women commit suicide by jumping into the Yangtze River between 1937 and 1938. Why?

4. In the 12th Century, the Samurai became firmly established by which powerful Japanese family?

5. The Rape of Nanking was kept quiet by all BUT WHICH of the following countries?

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