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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long does the most violent part of the Rape of Nanking last?
(a) Two years.
(b) Seven weeks.
(c) Twelve months.
(d) Six days.

2. The Foreword mentions that the Rape of Nanking has haunted Chinese-Japanese relations for how many years?
(a) Ninety years.
(b) Sixty years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Forty years.

3. In "The Fall of Nanking," how many divisions does the commander in charge of Nanking give authority to cross the Yangtze River?
(a) Two.
(b) Zero.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

4. The fall of Shanghai is a particularly hard blow to the leader of the Nationalists. Who is he?
(a) Chiang Kai-shek.
(b) Frank Xing.
(c) Tang Sheng-chih.
(d) Chang Tien-Chun.

5. In which year does a group of officers launch a coup d'etat in Tokyo that kills the Prime Minister?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1931.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Chinese city is known as "the Venice of China" and is completely devastated by the Japanese army?

2. In "Six Weeks of Horror," Chang states that Japanese soldiers use all BUT WHICH of the following methods to exterminate Chinese civilians?

3. Why do the Japanese soldiers generally kill the women they rape after they've finished?

4. For Asian nations, World War II can be dated from which year?

5. When the Nanking Safety Zone is initially set up, how long does the International Committee intend for it to be open?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the attitude of Lieutenant Colonel Hashimoto Kingoro about Japan's future in his book, quoted in "The Path to Nanking."

2. In the Introduction, Chang states that various countries view World War II as having different start dates. To what can this disagreement be attributed?

3. As the Japanese army begins mass executions in Nanking, what becomes their most pressing problem, and how do they resolve it?

4. What are the responses of Japan and China when Nanking falls, as described by William Kirby in the Foreword?

5. As discussed in "Six Weeks of Horror," why will the world never fully understand the psychic toll taken on the women of Nanking, despite best efforts to accurately count the number of rapes?

6. According to Kirby, what haunts Chinese-Japanese relations today, and why?

7. Describe the broad time line and details of the Rape of Nanking as outlined in the Introduction.

8. Briefly describe the three different occupations of Nanking.

9. Describe how Tang Shunsan was able to survive his encounter with Japanese soldiers.

10. Chang states in the Introduction that the Rape of Nanking surpasses many of the world's most barbaric events. To which events does she refer, and why was Nanking worse?

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