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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 Forgotten Holocaust," during what year do Japanese textbook screeners demand that authors eliminate all reference to the number of Chinese killed?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1984.

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

3. After John Rabe's death, his family finally publishes his diary. It is covered by world media on what date?
(a) December 12, 1996.
(b) July 27, 1874.
(c) October 4, 1982.
(d) May 9, 1958.

4. In order to control the population after the massacre, the Japanese routinely use what as payment to the Chinese?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Narcotics.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

5. One of the most high-profile trials described in chapter eight is for Tani Hisao. What military position does Hisao hold during the Rape of Nanking?
(a) Second Lieutenant of 4th division.
(b) Colonel of 5th division.
(c) Major General of 9th division.
(d) Lieutenant General of 6th division.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Epilogue states that some scholars explain the horrors in Nanking and other atrocities by a phenomenon known as what?

2. The Japanese also mixed food with which of the following deadly diseases during the invasion?

3. In "The Occupation of Nanking," the Japanese use all BUT WHICH of the following tools to break open bank vaults?

4. 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?

5. On what date in 1937 do most reporters leave Nanking after the city falls to the Japanese?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. Why are John Rabe's diary accounts of Nanking so explosive and important when they are finally released?

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

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

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