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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Chinese city is known as "the Venice of China" and is completely devastated by the Japanese army?
(a) Suchow.
(b) Sungchiang.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Nanking.

2. According to Ms. Chang, why is the Rape of Nanking not as well known as the Holocaust or Hiroshima?
(a) The victims stayed silent.
(b) The Chinese were ashamed of the incident.
(c) There were not as many deaths.
(d) The Japanese killed all the witnesses.

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

4. After Nanking falls, how many people are housed in the Safety Zone?
(a) One thousand.
(b) Several hundred.
(c) Hundreds of thousands.
(d) Ten thousand.

5. The Japanese occupation of Nanking finally ends during what year?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. Japanese soldiers break into Nanking University Hospital after the massacre and steal all BUT WHICH of the following from nurses?

2. The first diary leaked out of Nanking is published in all BUT WHICH of the following magazines?

3. To which infamous Nazi is Nakajima Kesago compared in the "Six Weeks of Terror" chapter?

4. Tuberculosis strikes the first commander of the Japanese military. Who then takes over as the leader of the troops around Nanking?

5. Kirby mentions in the Foreword that the Rape of Nanking accomplished what in the eyes of the world?

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