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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Segments of the diary writer's film in "What the World Knew" are eventually included in a documentary entitled "Why We Fight: Battle of China" by which director?
(a) John Rabe.
(b) Frank Capra.
(c) John Magee.
(d) George Fitch.

2. What motto sums up the mindset that Japanese cadets were taught to adopt?
(a) "The weak must be destroyed."
(b) "A will which knows no defeat."
(c) "Japan will rule the world."
(d) "The greatest honor is to kill Chinese."

3. In "The Occupation of Nanking," the Japanese use all BUT WHICH of the following tools to break open bank vaults?
(a) Pistol shots.
(b) Hand grenades.
(c) Bombs.
(d) Acetylene torches.

4. Which of the following American correspondents does Chang NOT mention in the "What the World Knew" chapter?
(a) Frank Tillman Durdin.
(b) Archibald Steele.
(c) Martha Ella Gellhorn.
(d) C. Yates McDaniel.

5. By December during the occupation, Chang states that the population of Nanking has fallen to about how many people?
(a) Half a million.
(b) Three million.
(c) Four thousand.
(d) Fifty thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Path to Nanking" states that Japan's golden era of prosperity comes to an end during which decade?

2. By which decade does the author state in "The Path to Nanking" that Japan had launched an undeclared war on China?

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

4. In which year does a group of officers launch a coup d'etat in Tokyo that kills the Prime Minister?

5. During the IMTFE trials, the court determines that what ratio of prisoners of war die under the Japanese?

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