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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Judgment Day.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the mood in Japan in response to Nanking's defeat in the early days of the occupation?
(a) Proud.
(b) Horrified.
(c) Amused.
(d) Disinterested.

2. 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) Asaka.
(b) Matsui.
(c) Yanagawa.
(d) Nakajima.

3. The Rape of Nanking was kept quiet by all BUT WHICH of the following countries?
(a) United States.
(b) People's Republic of China.
(c) Germany.
(d) Republic of China.

4. What World War II event has helped the world believe the myth that Japan was a victim and not an instigator?
(a) Holocaust.
(b) Nanking.
(c) Hiroshima.
(d) Pearl Harbor.

5. In the Introduction, the author cites what fact as her primary motivation for writing this book?
(a) Japanese distortion of history.
(b) African massacres.
(c) Chinese indifference to the victims.
(d) American ignorance of the massacre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be considered ironic about John Rabe as a defender of the Safety Zone?

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

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

4. Which Chinese city is known as "the Venice of China" and is completely devastated by the Japanese army?

5. As discussed in "Six Weeks of Horror," Wu Tienwei believes that the actual death toll in Nanking may be what number?

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