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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Japan initially believe it will take to conquer mainland China?
(a) Three months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

2. According to Kirby, what motivates the Japanese soldiers to behave in such a horrible manner?
(a) They hated and feared the Chinese.
(b) Soldiers were unsupervised.
(c) They were tired of the war.
(d) We may never know.

3. What nationality is John Rabe?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Japanese.
(c) English.
(d) German.

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

5. After the Japanese victory at Shanghai, Chinese officials do all BUT WHICH of the following to prepare for possible attacks elsewhere?
(a) Order civilians out of the cities.
(b) Order residents to camouflage homes.
(c) Hold practice air-raid drills.
(d) Have citizens build bomb shelters.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the diary writers in "What the World Knew" is able to take several reels of film and smuggle them out of Nanking on which date?

2. In order to control the population after the massacre, the Japanese routinely use what as payment to the Chinese?

3. Most of the Zone leaders have no bodyguard experience, and yet they accomplish all BUT WHICH of the following actions anyway?

4. In "The Fall of Nanking," Chang states that Nanking has been occupied by foreign armies how many times?

5. One of the most high-profile trials described in chapter eight is for Tani Hisao. What military position does Hisao hold during the Rape of Nanking?

(see the answer key)

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