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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) 1932.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1937.

2. During the Rape of Nanking, the Japanese outdo all BUT WHICH of the following massacres?
(a) Timur Lenk at Delhi.
(b) Christians during Spanish Inquisition.
(c) Stalin in Russia.
(d) Romans at Carthage.

3. To whom does Kirby refer when he states that Ms. Chang has used the unimpeachable testimony of third-party observers?
(a) Newspapers and tabloids.
(b) Government officials and historians.
(c) Foreign missionaries and businessmen.
(d) Victims and perpetrators.

4. In what year does Japan withdraw from the League of Nations?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1936.

5. A historian at the Jiangsu Academy of Social Sciences has compiled the most accurate estimate of how many were killed in Nanking. What figure has he reached?
(a) 106,000.
(b) 201,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 227,400.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Path to Nanking" states that Japan's golden era of prosperity comes to an end during which decade?

2. In which year does a group of officers launch a coup d'etat in Tokyo that kills the Prime Minister?

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

4. In "Six Weeks of Horror," Chang states that prior to the war, the population of Nanking is about how many people?

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

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