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

2. 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) Time.
(d) Newsweek.

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

4. 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) George Fitch.
(c) John Magee.
(d) Frank Capra.

5. On December 15, 1938, Japanese soldiers force five thousand refugees to line up so they can steal how much money from them?
(a) $75.
(b) $180.
(c) $350.
(d) $560.

Short Answer 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?

2. "Judgment Day" states that some of the worst atrocities in Nanking are committed by which man, who dies shortly after Japan's surrender?

3. In order to control the population after the massacre, the Japanese routinely use what as payment to the Chinese?

4. 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?

5. What is the mood in Japan in response to Nanking's defeat in the early days of the occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

2. Why do the Japanese encourage narcotic use among the Chinese?

3. Describe the role of Chang's parents in the writing of this book.

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

5. Briefly describe the fate of Minnie Vautrin after the Nanking massacre.

6. Briefly describe the medical experiments conducted by the Japanese on citizens of Nanking. How many are killed in this manner?

7. What information and assistance do the surviving American and European eyewitnesses and their families give Chang?

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

9. Explain Matsui Iwane's philosophy about China as discussed in the Epilogue.

10. Describe the biological warfare used by the Japanese in an attempt to exterminate Chinese civilians.

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