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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ms. Chang, why is the Rape of Nanking not as well known as the Holocaust or Hiroshima?

2. In "Six Weeks of Horror," Chang states that prior to the war, the population of Nanking is about how many people?

3. In "The Path to Nanking," the author states that the Japanese Samurai code of conduct is called what?

4. Ms. Chang informs the reader that the Rape of Nanking is told from all BUT WHICH of the following points of view?

5. What mood does the commander of Nanking find when he arrives at the river dock?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Japan's isolationist foreign policy intended to accomplish, and in what ways did that policy backfire?

2. According to Kirby, what haunts Chinese-Japanese relations today, and why?

3. Chang states in the Introduction that the Rape of Nanking surpasses many of the world's most barbaric events. To which events does she refer, and why was Nanking worse?

4. What reasons does Chang give in the Introduction as to why the Rape of Nanking is not as well known as the Holocaust or other tragic events?

5. Describe the process by which new Japanese soldiers were desensitized.

6. What factors contribute to the end of Japan's golden era of prosperity, as discussed in "The Path to Nanking"?

7. As discussed in "The Fall of Nanking," what are the reasons historians have found for why Nanking fell in four days with so many Chinese soldiers present to defend the city?

8. Briefly describe Wilhelmina (Minnie) Vautrin's role in the Nanking Safety Zone.

9. In what way can we now think of Nanking as a different sort of turning point, according to Kirby?

10. In the Introduction, Chang states that various countries view World War II as having different start dates. To what can this disagreement be attributed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the process by which Japanese soldiers learned to view the Chinese as less than human. At what point did this conditioning begin, and what cultural factors enabled it to be so successful?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the Japanese samurai code. What are the basic principles of this code? How did the code make its way into normal society from the initial applications of samurai life? In what way does the code prepare the Japanese for war?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the various responses of the Chinese women in Nanking to the widespread rapes committed by Japanese soldiers. Why did so few women fight back? Be sure to include the responses of the women who found themselves pregnant afterward, and also include supporting material from the text.

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