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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. The end of "Judgment Day" states that Emperor Hirohito dies in what year?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1994.
(d) 2001.

2. 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.

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

4. In "The Fate of the Survivors," Chang states that she is able to videotape oral testimony from Nanking survivors during what year?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1981.
(d) 2002.

5. Which of the following women loans Chang materials from a documentary she filmed?
(a) Susan Rabiner.
(b) Barbara Masin.
(c) Nancy Tong.
(d) Martha Begemann.

Short Answer Questions

1. When news of John Rabe's situation reaches China, the Nanking survivors raise how much money in US dollars to help him?

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?

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

4. By spring of 1938, all BUT WHICH of the following functions have resumed in Nanking?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Briefly describe the fate of John Rabe after the Nanking massacre.

5. What event finally ends the occupation of Nanking, and when does it end?

6. What is the US response to the attack on the USS Panay?

7. Describe what happened to Azuma Shiro, as discussed in "The Forgotten Holocaust."

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

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

10. Explain the language difficulties Chang faced while finding source material for the book.

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