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

2. Chang states that her parents are the kind that most people only dream of, and that they are all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Wise.
(b) Inspirational.
(c) Passionate.
(d) Stern.

3. After the War Crimes committee is created, trials for class B and C war criminals begin when?
(a) September 1944.
(b) March 1945.
(c) December 1945.
(d) August 1946.

4. 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?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1985.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1974.

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

Short Answer 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?

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

3. After John Rabe's death, his family finally publishes his diary. It is covered by world media on what date?

4. Prince Mikasa Takahito wrote a confessional report about Japanese atrocities that was buried for decades. In what year does Takahito's report emerge?

5. In "The Fate of the Survivors," Chang states that she is able to videotape oral testimony from Nanking survivors during what year?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. Explain Matsui Iwane's philosophy about China as discussed in the Epilogue.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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