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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Haru Murakawa organized a workshop so that Chang could meet with several Japanese and Asians about Nanking. In what year does the workshop take place?
(a) 1989.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1997.

2. In "The Nanking Safety Zone," which individual does Chang discuss second?
(a) American missionary professor.
(b) German businessman.
(c) American surgeon.
(d) German merchant.

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

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

5. When news of John Rabe's situation reaches China, the Nanking survivors raise how much money in US dollars to help him?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $6,000.
(d) $2,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Nanking, what event is pivotal in the change of relations between the United States and Japan?

2. A German diplomat reports that many Chinese women commit suicide by jumping into the Yangtze River between 1937 and 1938. Why?

3. Which Japanese commander bears the brunt of the blame for Nanking during the IMTFE trials?

4. What can be considered ironic about John Rabe as a defender of the Safety Zone?

5. In the Introduction, the author cites what fact as her primary motivation for writing this book?

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