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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. How does the American public initially respond when the article entitled "The Sack of Nanking" is published in magazines in the US?
(a) Disbelief.
(b) Horror.
(c) Anger.
(d) Apathy.

2. Which US President announces on December 13 that he is shocked by the attack on the USS Panay?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Calvin Coolidge.

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

4. Which of the following individuals is the Japanese minister of education who kills his career when he states that the Rape of Nanking is "just a part of war" in "The Forgotten Holocaust"?
(a) Sakurai Shin.
(b) General Nagano Shigeto.
(c) Okuno Seisuki.
(d) Fujio Masayuki.

5. Which of Chang's friends freely donated her time to help translate a good deal of source material?
(a) Susan Rabiner.
(b) Barbara Masin.
(c) Nancy Tong.
(d) Martha Begemann.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the deadliest policies endorsed by the Japanese government during the war is the "Three-all" policy, which means all BUT WHICH of the following?

2. By what time during 1938 does "The Occupation of Nanking" say the massacre is over?

3. After the massacre, what is the estimated financial damage to public property in Nanking?

4. The first diary leaked out of Nanking is published in all BUT WHICH of the following magazines?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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