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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 2.
(b) Chapter 4.
(c) Chapter 6.
(d) Chapter 8.

2. The Japanese occupation of Nanking finally ends during what year?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1945.

3. As "What the World Knew" opens, how does the world know what's happening in Nanking?
(a) The leaders of the Safety Zone are issuing statements.
(b) The soldiers are sending letters to their families.
(c) Refugees are escaping to the West.
(d) Reporters are there covering the story.

4. 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"?
(a) General Nagano Shigeto.
(b) Fujio Masayuki.
(c) Okuno Seisuki.
(d) Sakurai Shin.

5. According to the Epilogue, millions of victims died after the war was over from starvation and disease caused by all BUT WHICH of the following Japanese actions?
(a) Bombing.
(b) Medical experiments.
(c) Looting.
(d) Rape.

6. In 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) begins trials in Tokyo. How long do those trials last?
(a) One year.
(b) Four months.
(c) Six and a half years.
(d) Two and a half years.

7. One of the deadliest policies endorsed by the Japanese government during the war is the "Three-all" policy, which means all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Burn all.
(b) Loot all.
(c) Kill all.
(d) Rape all.

8. Japanese soldiers break into Nanking University Hospital after the massacre and steal all BUT WHICH of the following from nurses?
(a) Medications.
(b) Pens.
(c) Wristwatches.
(d) Flashlights.

9. After John Rabe's death, his family finally publishes his diary. It is covered by world media on what date?
(a) May 9, 1958.
(b) December 12, 1996.
(c) October 4, 1982.
(d) July 27, 1874.

10. Haru Murakawa organized a workshop so that Chang could meet with several Japanese and Asians about Nanking. In what year does the workshop take place?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1997.
(d) 2004.

11. In "The Forgotten Holocaust," during what year do Japanese textbook screeners demand that authors eliminate all reference to the number of Chinese killed?
(a) 1984.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1991.

12. In what month during "The Occupation of Nanking" do the Japanese open a facility for medical experiments on Nanking residents?
(a) February.
(b) April.
(c) January.
(d) March.

13. When news of John Rabe's situation reaches China, the Nanking survivors raise how much money in US dollars to help him?
(a) $6,000.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $500.

14. "The Fate of the Survivors" states that many of the victims of Nanking continue to suffer all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Shame.
(b) Ridicule.
(c) Pain.
(d) Poverty.

15. Which of the following women loans Chang materials from a documentary she filmed?
(a) Susan Rabiner.
(b) Barbara Masin.
(c) Martha Begemann.
(d) Nancy Tong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chang's book was helped along by her editor, a woman by the name of what?

2. After his trial, Hisao is executed in a manner that many of the Nanking survivors believe to be much more humane than anything he'd done to his victims. How is Hisao executed?

3. Which of the following American correspondents does Chang NOT mention in the "What the World Knew" chapter?

4. During the IMTFE trials, the court determines that what ratio of prisoners of war die under the Japanese?

5. "Judgment Day" states that the Investigation of War Crimes committee is created when?

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