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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. According to the Introduction, Americans think that World War II began in which year?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1931.

2. During which year does the author say she first realized the Nanking massacre was historically accurate and not simply myth?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1972.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1987.

3. Why do the Japanese soldiers generally kill the women they rape after they've finished?
(a) They don't want to pay the women their fee.
(b) In order to relieve the dishonor for the woman's family.
(c) So that angry husbands won't know who to blame.
(d) Rape is officially prohibited by military command.

4. In what year does China's war with Japan end?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1945.

5. 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?
(a) Matsui.
(b) Yanagawa.
(c) Nakajima.
(d) Asaka.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1938, Foreign Minister Hirota Koki sends a message indicating that, a month after the massacre, the Japanese believe the Nanking death total to be what number?

2. By December of 1937, how many Chinese troops populate the area around Nanking?

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

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?

5. Which of the following people is alone in advocating a strong defense for Nanking in November of 1937?

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