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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A German diplomat reports that many Chinese women commit suicide by jumping into the Yangtze River between 1937 and 1938. Why?
(a) Their families could not bear the dishonor.
(b) Their husbands were angry with them for getting raped.
(c) They could not find work.
(d) They were pregnant with half-Japanese babies.

2. In the 12th Century, the Samurai became firmly established by which powerful Japanese family?
(a) Shogun.
(b) Minamoto.
(c) Fujiwara.
(d) Hirohito.

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

4. Most of the Zone leaders have no bodyguard experience, and yet they accomplish all BUT WHICH of the following actions anyway?
(a) Rescuing women from rapists.
(b) Pulling men away from execution sites.
(c) Keeping young girls from being kidnapped.
(d) Jumping in front of cannons and machine guns.

5. Looting in the Safety Zone makes food so scarce that refugees are forced to eat all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Goldenrod.
(d) Dandelions.

6. In "The Nanking Safety Zone," which of the following do the International Committee members NOT have to provide for the refugees in the Safety Zone?
(a) Medical care.
(b) Food.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Shelter.

7. By December of 1937, how many Chinese troops populate the area around Nanking?
(a) 60,000.
(b) 90,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 20,000.

8. Kirby mentions in the Foreword that Nanking prompted China to do all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Regroup.
(b) Give up.
(c) Outlast.
(d) Retreat.

9. Chang states in "Six Weeks of Terror" that one of the Japanese military leaders is known as "the masked shogun" because information about this person is scarce. To which leader does she refer?
(a) Nakajima.
(b) Matsui.
(c) Yanagawa.
(d) Asaka.

10. What item has Ms. Chang found, belonging to John Rabe, that is mentioned in the Foreword?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Home videos.
(c) Diary.
(d) Photographs.

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

12. In which year does a group of officers launch a coup d'etat in Tokyo that kills the Prime Minister?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1931.

13. 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) Advance into world markets.
(c) Greater food production.
(d) Territory expansion.

14. In what year does China's war with Japan end?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1937.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To which atmosphere could the elementary schools of Japan best be compared?

3. According to the Introduction, Europeans date the beginning of World War II in which year?

4. Kirby states that all BUT WHICH of Japan's following actions took place in stark contrast to conventional rules of warfare?

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

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