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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the ship on which most foreign diplomats leave Nanking right before it falls to the Japanese?
(a) HMS Fowey.
(b) USS Augusta.
(c) HMS Hastings.
(d) USS Panay.

2. Which of the following military commanders is initially in charge of the Japanese imperial army for the Shanghai-Nanking region?
(a) Asaka.
(b) Matsui.
(c) Yanagawa.
(d) Nakajima.

3. Which of the following does the author NOT discover is a published book on the subject of Nanking?
(a) Undeniable History in Photographs.
(b) Two Months of Terror.
(c) Tree of Heaven.
(d) Tend of Orange Mist.

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

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

6. For how many years does the conflict between China and Japan last?
(a) Two years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Three years.

7. What nationality is John Rabe?
(a) German.
(b) Chinese.
(c) English.
(d) Japanese.

8. In his book, Lieutenant Colonel Hashimoto Kingoro wrote that Japan could escape the pressures of surplus population in all BUT WHICH of the following ways?
(a) Immigration.
(b) Territory expansion.
(c) Greater food production.
(d) Advance into world markets.

9. When the Nanking Safety Zone is initially set up, how long does the International Committee intend for it to be open?
(a) A few weeks.
(b) Two days.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

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

11. In "The Fall of Nanking," Chang states that Nanking has been occupied by foreign armies how many times?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

12. Tuberculosis strikes the first commander of the Japanese military. Who then takes over as the leader of the troops around Nanking?
(a) Yanagawa.
(b) Asaka.
(c) Matsui.
(d) Nakajima.

13. On December 13, 1937, Japanese soldiers are ordered to execute all Chinese prisoners of war for all BUT WHICH of the following reasons?
(a) Food shortage.
(b) Prevention of guerrilla forces.
(c) Free up space.
(d) Fear of retaliation.

14. In what year does Japan withdraw from the League of Nations?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1930.

15. In "The Path to Nanking," the author states that the Japanese Samurai code of conduct is called what?
(a) Bushido.
(b) Konnichiwa.
(c) Kiyaku.
(d) Masurao.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, Ms. Chang quotes which of the following authors as stating that to forget a holocaust is to kill twice?

2. In "Six Weeks of Horror," who is the woman who fights back against the Japanese rapists?

3. Toward the end of "The Nanking Safety Zone," Chang states that the Safety Zone holds about how many refugees?

4. In "Six Weeks of Horror," Chang states that Japanese soldiers use all BUT WHICH of the following methods to exterminate Chinese civilians?

5. When does the author first learn about the Rape of Nanking?

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