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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. Tuberculosis strikes the first commander of the Japanese military. Who then takes over as the leader of the troops around Nanking?
(a) Yanagawa.
(b) Matsui.
(c) Nakajima.
(d) Asaka.

2. In "The Path to Nanking," the author states that the Japanese Samurai code of conduct is called what?
(a) Bushido.
(b) Konnichiwa.
(c) Kiyaku.
(d) Masurao.

3. 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) Territory expansion.
(c) Greater food production.
(d) Advance into world markets.

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

5. 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) November 26.
(b) January 3.
(c) December 29.
(d) December 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. By December during the occupation, Chang states that the population of Nanking has fallen to about how many people?

2. Shao Tzuping, one of the producers of a documentary on The Rape of Nanking, had served in all BUT WHICH of the following positions?

3. To whom does Kirby refer when he states that Ms. Chang has used the unimpeachable testimony of third-party observers?

4. In what year does China's war with Japan end?

5. What title does Kirby hold that qualifies him to write the Foreword for Ms. Chang's book?

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