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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the order to retreat is given, what route is left open to leave Nanking without encountering Japanese soldiers?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) South.

2. By what time during 1938 does "The Occupation of Nanking" say the massacre is over?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

3. When Nanking falls, Japanese soldiers round up tens of thousands of Chinese men and commit all BUT WHICH of the following atrocities?
(a) Soak them with gasoline and burn them alive.
(b) Blindfold and bury them alive.
(c) Use them for bayonet practice.
(d) Mow them down with machine guns.

4. Which Japanese news outlet begins to report that all is well and that Nanking's citizens are returning home in late December during the occupation?
(a) Xinhua.
(b) Kyodo.
(c) Domei.
(d) Nippon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following newsreel reporters are NOT on board when the USS Panay is attacked?

2. 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?

3. According to the Introduction, Europeans date the beginning of World War II in which year?

4. According to the Introduction, Africans believe World War II began in which year?

5. After the War Crimes committee is created, trials for class B and C war criminals begin when?

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