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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tanaka Yuki believes that the Japanese army had great potential for brutality for two reasons. What is the first of those two reasons?
(a) Lack of leadership.
(b) Lack of discipline.
(c) Hierarchical nature of society.
(d) Cruel treatment of its own soldiers.

2. 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) 2002.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1991.

3. After Nanking, what event is pivotal in the change of relations between the United States and Japan?
(a) Japan's surrender.
(b) IMTFE trials.
(c) Yalta Conference.
(d) Cold War.

4. 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.

5. 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) Okuno Seisuki.
(b) General Nagano Shigeto.
(c) Sakurai Shin.
(d) Fujio Masayuki.

6. In the Acknowledgments, who does Chang say first told her about the Rape of Nanking?
(a) An aunt.
(b) Her grandparents.
(c) Her parents.
(d) A teacher.

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

8. The Epilogue states that Japanese aviators sprayed fleas carrying plague germs over all BUT WHICH of the following cities?
(a) Nanking.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Ningpo.
(d) Changteh.

9. George Fitch's daughter states that her father is so traumatized after the Rape of Nanking that what frequently occurs?
(a) Nightmares.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) Crying fits.
(d) Amnesia.

10. "Judgment Day" states that the Investigation of War Crimes committee is created when?
(a) February 1943.
(b) October 1945.
(c) March 1944.
(d) September 1942.

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

12. After the War Crimes committee is created, trials for class B and C war criminals begin when?
(a) December 1945.
(b) March 1945.
(c) September 1944.
(d) August 1946.

13. Chang's book was helped along by her editor, a woman by the name of what?
(a) Barbara Masin.
(b) Nancy Tong.
(c) Martha Begemann.
(d) Susan Rabiner.

14. Which of Chang's friends freely donated her time to help translate a good deal of source material?
(a) Barbara Masin.
(b) Susan Rabiner.
(c) Nancy Tong.
(d) Martha Begemann.

15. By what time during 1938 does "The Occupation of Nanking" say the massacre is over?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. The end of "Judgment Day" states that Emperor Hirohito dies in what year?

2. The Japanese occupation of Nanking finally ends during what year?

3. Segments of the diary writer's film in "What the World Knew" are eventually included in a documentary entitled "Why We Fight: Battle of China" by which director?

4. 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?

5. In "The Forgotten Holocaust," during what year does Ishihara Shintaro give an interview stating that there was no massacre in Nanking?

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