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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. One of the diary writers in "What the World Knew" is able to take several reels of film and smuggle them out of Nanking on which date?
(a) December 16.
(b) March 20.
(c) November 26.
(d) January 19.

2. In 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) begins trials in Tokyo. How long do those trials last?
(a) Four months.
(b) Six and a half years.
(c) Two and a half years.
(d) One year.

3. Ono Kenji has co-edited a book on the Nanking massacre, the first work to be based completely on Japanese sources. During what year is the book published?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1978.
(d) 2004.

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

5. Which Japanese commander bears the brunt of the blame for Nanking during the IMTFE trials?
(a) Prince Asaka.
(b) Nakajima Kesago.
(c) Hirota Koki.
(d) Matsui Iwane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following individuals is a cabinet secretary who claims that the rape victims were actually engaged in willful prostitution during "The Forgotten Holocaust"?

2. After the Japanese surrender, John Rabe begins to talk openly about what he witnessed in Nanking. In response, he is arrested by all BUT WHICH of the following governments?

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

4. After the War Crimes committee is created, trials for class B and C war criminals begin when?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Nanking's economic situation after the massacre.

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

3. 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?

4. 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.

5. Briefly describe the International Military Tribunal for the Far East trials.

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

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

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

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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