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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 Fate of the Survivors," during what year does Lewis Smythe leave his job at Nanking University for Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1945.

2. The Japanese also mixed food with which of the following deadly diseases during the invasion?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Aspergillis.
(c) Staph.
(d) E. coli.

3. 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"?
(a) Murayama Tomiichi.
(b) Hashimoto Ryutaro.
(c) Kim Young-sam.
(d) Kajiyama Seiroku.

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

5. The Epilogue states that Japanese aviators sprayed fleas carrying plague germs over all BUT WHICH of the following cities?
(a) Nanking.
(b) Changteh.
(c) Ningpo.
(d) Shanghai.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Japanese soldiers break into Nanking University Hospital after the massacre and steal all BUT WHICH of the following from nurses?

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

4. According to Chang in "The Forgotten Holocaust," what is one of the most sinister parts of Japanese education?

5. During the IMTFE trials, the court determines that what ratio of prisoners of war die under the Japanese?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to the Epilogue, what is one of the greatest ironies of the cold war?

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

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

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

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

7. Why is Matsui Iwane's behavior during his war crimes trial so puzzling?

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

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

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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