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

2. 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) Foreign missionaries and businessmen.
(c) Victims and perpetrators.
(d) Government officials and historians.

3. A German diplomat reports that many Chinese women commit suicide by jumping into the Yangtze River between 1937 and 1938. Why?
(a) Their families could not bear the dishonor.
(b) Their husbands were angry with them for getting raped.
(c) They were pregnant with half-Japanese babies.
(d) They could not find work.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. According to Chang in "Six Weeks of Terror," what happens to the Japanese war criminals after Nanking?

3. How long does Japan initially believe it will take to conquer mainland China?

4. Ms. Chang informs the reader that the Rape of Nanking is told from all BUT WHICH of the following points of view?

5. For how many years does the conflict between China and Japan last?

(see the answer key)

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