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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 the Introduction, Ms. Chang quotes which of the following authors as stating that to forget a holocaust is to kill twice?
(a) George Santayana.
(b) Elie Wiesel.
(c) Akutagawa Ryunosuke.
(d) Shao Tzuping.

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

3. According to Ms. Chang, why is the Rape of Nanking not as well known as the Holocaust or Hiroshima?
(a) The victims stayed silent.
(b) The Chinese were ashamed of the incident.
(c) The Japanese killed all the witnesses.
(d) There were not as many deaths.

4. On what date does the commander who is left in charge of Nanking receive orders from the leader of the Nationalists to abandon the city?
(a) December 29.
(b) November 26.
(c) January 3.
(d) December 11.

5. For Asian nations, World War II can be dated from which year?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1931.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What item has Ms. Chang found, belonging to John Rabe, that is mentioned in the Foreword?

4. 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?

5. In comparison to Germany, what percentage of war reparations has Japan paid the victims of Nanking?

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