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

2. What is the second factor that Tanaka Yuko cites as the reason the Japanese army had such potential for brutality?
(a) Hierarchical nature of society.
(b) Lack of discipline.
(c) Cruel treatment of its own soldiers.
(d) Lack of leadership.

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

4. Who is the final person Chang thanks in the Acknowledgments?
(a) Survivors.
(b) Parents.
(c) Husband.
(d) Editor.

5. The Japanese occupation of Nanking finally ends during what year?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1942.

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. Chang states that her parents are the kind that most people only dream of, and that they are all BUT WHICH of the following?

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

4. The US Department of Justice has compiled a list of Japanese war criminals in order to keep those people from entering the country. In what year is the watch list made?

5. Which of the following individuals is the minister for international trade who announces that Japan never intended to invade other Asian countries during "The Forgotten Holocaust"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the leaders of the International Safety Zone Committee particularly well-suited to tell the real story of Nanking?

2. Why does Emperor Hirohito never face any sort of consequence for his role in the Rape of Nanking or other events during the war?

3. What contribution does Dr. Bretton Lee Douglas make to the publication of the book?

4. When news of the atrocities in Nanking finally begin to be published in American magazines, what is the initial public response?

5. Describe the efforts of Japanese textbook editors to censor information about the Rape of Nanking in school textbooks.

6. Today, the Japanese government takes the position that any wartime reparation issues were dealt with in the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1952. Why is this position erroneous?

7. Briefly describe what happened to Robert Wilson after the Nanking massacre.

8. Describe the postwar differences between Japan and Germany that have allowed the Rape of Nanking to go largely unnoticed while the Holocaust is acknowledged world wide.

9. According to "Judgment Day," the IMTFE tribunals uncovered crimes outside Nanking. Describe the information gained during the trials about Japanese atrocities.

10. Briefly discuss Ishihara Shintaro's assertions set forth in "The Forgotten Holocaust" about how the Rape of Nanking is a lie.

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