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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of resistance does the Japanese army meet when it gets to Nanking?
(a) Well-organized.
(b) Nearly impossible to match.
(c) Practically nonexistent.
(d) Not well-organized.

3. Most of the Zone leaders have no bodyguard experience, and yet they accomplish all BUT WHICH of the following actions anyway?
(a) Keeping young girls from being kidnapped.
(b) Pulling men away from execution sites.
(c) Jumping in front of cannons and machine guns.
(d) Rescuing women from rapists.

4. What does the Japanese government do in response to the mass rape committed by soldiers in Nanking?
(a) Reward rapists.
(b) Put more responsible officers on duty.
(c) Set up brothels.
(d) Reprimand rapists.

5. To whom does Kirby refer when he states that Ms. Chang has used the unimpeachable testimony of third-party observers?
(a) Foreign missionaries and businessmen.
(b) Victims and perpetrators.
(c) Government officials and historians.
(d) Newspapers and tabloids.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month during "The Occupation of Nanking" do the Japanese open a facility for medical experiments on Nanking residents?

2. What World War II event has helped the world believe the myth that Japan was a victim and not an instigator?

3. In "What the World Knew," Chang presents diary or letter responses to the Japanese propaganda from all BUT WHICH of the following individuals?

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

5. Which US President announces on December 13 that he is shocked by the attack on the USS Panay?

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