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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Six Weeks of Horror," who is the woman who fights back against the Japanese rapists?
(a) Sun Zhaiwei.
(b) Li Xouying.
(c) Ohta Hisao.
(d) Liu Fang-chu.

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

3. All BUT WHICH of the following groups of citizens remain in Nanking after the soldiers leave the city?
(a) Poor.
(b) Government leaders.
(c) Children.
(d) Elderly.

4. "The Path to Nanking" states that Japan's golden era of prosperity comes to an end during which decade?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1920s.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1930s.

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

6. For how long does the most violent part of the Rape of Nanking last?
(a) Seven weeks.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six days.
(d) Twelve months.

7. According to the Introduction, Africans believe World War II began in which year?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1931.

8. A historian at the Jiangsu Academy of Social Sciences has compiled the most accurate estimate of how many were killed in Nanking. What figure has he reached?
(a) 106,000.
(b) 227,400.
(c) 201,000.
(d) 15,000.

9. Shao Tzuping, one of the producers of a documentary on The Rape of Nanking, had served in all BUT WHICH of the following positions?
(a) Worked for the United Nations.
(b) President of the Alliance in Memory of Victims.
(c) Government official in China.
(d) Producer of "Magee's Testament".

10. What World War II event has helped the world believe the myth that Japan was a victim and not an instigator?
(a) Nanking.
(b) Holocaust.
(c) Pearl Harbor.
(d) Hiroshima.

11. What event does the author mention in the Introduction that prompted many Nanking survivors to speak out about the massacre?
(a) Pacification of Manchukuo.
(b) Tiananmen Square.
(c) Long March.
(d) Opium War.

12. Kirby states that all BUT WHICH of Japan's following actions took place in stark contrast to conventional rules of warfare?
(a) Rape of civilians.
(b) Execution of civilians.
(c) Occupation.
(d) Execution of soldiers.

13. In "The Fall of Nanking," how many divisions does the commander in charge of Nanking give authority to cross the Yangtze River?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Zero.
(d) One.

14. Chang says in "The Fall of Nanking" that which of her own family members barely manage to stay together while evacuating Nanking?
(a) Aunt and uncle.
(b) Parents.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Grandparents.

15. How many women does Chang say are raped during the Japanese occupation of Nanking?
(a) Between five and six thousand.
(b) Between fifteen and eighteen thousand.
(c) Between twenty and eighty thousand.
(d) Between three and four hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Rape of Nanking was kept quiet by all BUT WHICH of the following countries?

2. What motto sums up the mindset that Japanese cadets were taught to adopt?

3. Which of the following military commanders is initially in charge of the Japanese imperial army for the Shanghai-Nanking region?

4. To which infamous Nazi is Nakajima Kesago compared in the "Six Weeks of Terror" chapter?

5. The commander of Nanking is supposed to be at the docks to evacuate the city by 6:00 pm. What time is it when he actually arrives?

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