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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following women helps Chang find the descendants of John Rabe?
(a) Barbara Masin.
(b) Martha Begemann.
(c) Nancy Tong.
(d) Susan Rabiner.

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

5. 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) Apathy.
(c) Disbelief.
(d) Anger.

6. Which of the following individuals is appointed to the position of justice minister, gives an interview stating that the Nanking Massacre is a hoax, and is forced to resign in "The Forgotten Holocaust"?
(a) Okuno Seisuki.
(b) Sakurai Shin.
(c) General Nagano Shigeto.
(d) Fujio Masayuki.

7. 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.

8. Which of the following newsreel reporters are NOT on board when the USS Panay is attacked?
(a) Jean Marie Lutes.
(b) Sandro Sandri.
(c) Normal Alley.
(d) Eric Mayell.

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

10. 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?
(a) John Rabe.
(b) John Magee.
(c) Frank Capra.
(d) George Fitch.

11. 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) 1958.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1951.

12. Chang states that her parents are the kind that most people only dream of, and that they are all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Wise.
(b) Inspirational.
(c) Passionate.
(d) Stern.

13. Which Japanese commander bears the brunt of the blame for Nanking during the IMTFE trials?
(a) Matsui Iwane.
(b) Prince Asaka.
(c) Nakajima Kesago.
(d) Hirota Koki.

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

15. 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) Loot all.
(b) Rape all.
(c) Kill all.
(d) Burn all.

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 "The Occupation of Nanking," the Japanese use all BUT WHICH of the following tools to break open bank vaults?

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. Which of the following women loans Chang materials from a documentary she filmed?

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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