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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to control the population after the massacre, the Japanese routinely use what as payment to the Chinese?
(a) Narcotics.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Clothing.

2. By spring of 1938, all BUT WHICH of the following functions have resumed in Nanking?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Running water.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Mail.

3. Which organization pays for Chang's trips to Asia?
(a) Pacific Cultural Foundation.
(b) Institute of Modern History.
(c) National Archives.
(d) Yale Divinity School.

4. Which of the following individuals holds several government positions and is forced to resign after stating that Japan was not an aggressor during "The Forgotten Holocaust"?
(a) General Nagano Shigeto.
(b) Okuno Seisuki.
(c) Sakurai Shin.
(d) Fujio Masayuki.

5. In "The Occupation of Nanking," the Japanese use all BUT WHICH of the following tools to break open bank vaults?
(a) Pistol shots.
(b) Hand grenades.
(c) Acetylene torches.
(d) Bombs.

6. According to Chang in "The Forgotten Holocaust," what is one of the most sinister parts of Japanese education?
(a) Grueling exams.
(b) Long school hours.
(c) Textbook censorship.
(d) Rigid discipline.

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

8. The Epilogue states that some scholars explain the horrors in Nanking and other atrocities by a phenomenon known as what?
(a) Mob mentality.
(b) Uncontrollable rage.
(c) Transfer of oppression.
(d) Master race mentality.

9. Which of the following individuals is a cabinet secretary who claims that the rape victims were actually engaged in willful prostitution during "The Forgotten Holocaust"?
(a) Kim Young-sam.
(b) Kajiyama Seiroku.
(c) Hashimoto Ryutaro.
(d) Murayama Tomiichi.

10. Chang frequently required assistance from others because she used source material written in all BUT WHICH of the following languages?
(a) Russian.
(b) Japanese.
(c) German.
(d) Chinese.

11. At the end of "The Forgotten Holocaust," Azuma Shiro becomes the first Japanese veteran to apologize for his role in Nanking. During what year does this occur?
(a) 1953.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1949.

12. In what year during "The Fate of the Survivors" does the People's Republic of China announce that it has forgiven Japan and invites the Japanese prime minister to visit China?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1985.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1974.

13. In "The Fate of the Survivors," during what year does Lewis Smythe leave his job at Nanking University for Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1962.

14. 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) Looting.
(c) Rape.
(d) Medical experiments.

15. 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 4.
(b) Chapter 8.
(c) Chapter 2.
(d) Chapter 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Japanese news outlet begins to report that all is well and that Nanking's citizens are returning home in late December during the occupation?

2. 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?

3. After the War Crimes committee is created, trials for class B and C war criminals begin when?

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

5. Ono Kenji has co-edited a book on the Nanking massacre, the first work to be based completely on Japanese sources. During what year is the book published?

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