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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. One of the diary writers in "What the World Knew" is able to take several reels of film and smuggle them out of Nanking on which date?
(a) January 19.
(b) December 16.
(c) November 26.
(d) March 20.

3. 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?
(a) Chapter 8.
(b) Chapter 4.
(c) Chapter 2.
(d) Chapter 6.

4. For Asian nations, World War II can be dated from which year?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1931.

5. Chang's book was helped along by her editor, a woman by the name of what?
(a) Martha Begemann.
(b) Barbara Masin.
(c) Susan Rabiner.
(d) Nancy Tong.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Epilogue states that the Rape of Nanking is just one example of Japanese atrocities during how many years of war?

2. The Global Alliance for Preserving the History of World War II in Asia assisted Chang by providing all BUT WHICH of the following?

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

4. Japan succeeded in accomplishing war with China during the summer of which year?

5. The fall of Shanghai is a particularly hard blow to the leader of the Nationalists. Who is he?

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