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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year during "The Fate of the Survivors" do seizures and a mental collapse force Robert Wilson to leave Nanking for Santa Barbara, California?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1938.

2. Prince Mikasa Takahito wrote a confessional report about Japanese atrocities that was buried for decades. In what year does Takahito's report emerge?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1994.
(d) 2002.

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

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?
(a) Lethal injection.
(b) Firing squad.
(c) Beheading.
(d) Drowning.

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

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

7. 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) Kajiyama Seiroku.
(b) Kim Young-sam.
(c) Hashimoto Ryutaro.
(d) Murayama Tomiichi.

8. Chang states that during her visit to Nanking, she discovers that reparations from Japan in what amount would make a huge difference for the survivors?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $100.
(c) $300.
(d) $2,000.

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

10. The first diary leaked out of Nanking is published in all BUT WHICH of the following magazines?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) Reader's Digest.
(c) Time.
(d) Far Eastern.

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

12. 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) Fujio Masayuki.
(d) Sakurai Shin.

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

14. To what problem can most of the damage in Nanking be attributed in the, "The Occupation of Nanking" chapter?
(a) Gunfire.
(b) Flooding.
(c) Arson.
(d) Vandalism.

15. How does the American public initially respond when the article entitled "The Sack of Nanking" is published in magazines in the US?
(a) Horror.
(b) Disbelief.
(c) Anger.
(d) Apathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Fate of the Survivors" states that many of the victims of Nanking continue to suffer all BUT WHICH of the following?

2. In what month during "The Occupation of Nanking" do the Japanese open a facility for medical experiments on Nanking residents?

3. One of the diary writers in "What the World Knew" is able to take several reels of film and smuggle them out of Nanking on which date?

4. 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?

5. The Global Alliance for Preserving the History of World War II in Asia assisted Chang by providing all BUT WHICH of the following?

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