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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 Magee.
(b) John Rabe.
(c) George Fitch.
(d) Frank Capra.

2. One of the most high-profile trials described in chapter eight is for Tani Hisao. What military position does Hisao hold during the Rape of Nanking?
(a) Major General of 9th division.
(b) Lieutenant General of 6th division.
(c) Colonel of 5th division.
(d) Second Lieutenant of 4th division.

3. In the Foreword, what is the date given for the fall of Nanking?
(a) November 8.
(b) December 25.
(c) December 13.
(d) October 4.

4. How long does Japan initially believe it will take to conquer mainland China?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three months.
(d) One year.

5. Why do the Japanese soldiers generally kill the women they rape after they've finished?
(a) Rape is officially prohibited by military command.
(b) In order to relieve the dishonor for the woman's family.
(c) They don't want to pay the women their fee.
(d) So that angry husbands won't know who to blame.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following individuals is the director of the Japanese environmental agency who comments that Japan never intended to be aggressive and is forced to retract the statement in "The Forgotten Holocaust"?

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

3. In the Acknowledgments, who does Chang say first told her about the Rape of Nanking?

4. In "Judgment Day," one of the war crimes trials held is for two lieutenants: Takeshi and Toshiaki. In what chapter of this book does "Judgment Day" say their killing contest is described?

5. To what number is the population of northern China reduced after the terror campaign in 1941?

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