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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 China's war with Japan end?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1945.

2. What kind of resistance does the Japanese army meet when it gets to Nanking?
(a) Nearly impossible to match.
(b) Not well-organized.
(c) Well-organized.
(d) Practically nonexistent.

3. The fall of Shanghai is a particularly hard blow to the leader of the Nationalists. Who is he?
(a) Frank Xing.
(b) Chiang Kai-shek.
(c) Chang Tien-Chun.
(d) Tang Sheng-chih.

4. By December during the occupation, Chang states that the population of Nanking has fallen to about how many people?
(a) Four thousand.
(b) Half a million.
(c) Fifty thousand.
(d) Three million.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Introduction, Americans think that World War II began in which year?

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

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

4. For Asian nations, World War II can be dated from which year?

5. What event does the author mention in the Introduction that prompted many Nanking survivors to speak out about the massacre?

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