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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. The Rape of Nanking was kept quiet by all BUT WHICH of the following countries?
2. According to Ms. Chang, why is the Rape of Nanking not as well known as the Holocaust or Hiroshima?
3. Kirby mentions in the Foreword that the Rape of Nanking accomplished what in the eyes of the world?
4. After completing their research, authors James Yin and Shi Young believe the Nanking death toll may be what number?
5. The fall of Shanghai is a particularly hard blow to the leader of the Nationalists. Who is he?
Short Essay Questions
1. As discussed in "Six Weeks of Horror," why will the world never fully understand the psychic toll taken on the women of Nanking, despite best efforts to accurately count the number of rapes?
2. Describe the process by which new Japanese soldiers were desensitized.
3. 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?
4. What was the relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and Tang Sheng-chih at the time of the Nanking invasion?
5. Describe the methods used by the Japanese army to subdue the larger Chinese population of Nanking, as described in "Six Weeks of Terror."
6. According to the Introduction, in what two ways was Japan's mindset as it set out to conquer neighboring nations similar to the way Nazi Germany's mindset would be a few years later? How are the two tactics related?
7. Describe the attitude of Lieutenant Colonel Hashimoto Kingoro about Japan's future in his book, quoted in "The Path to Nanking."
8. Briefly describe John Rabe's role in the Nanking Safety Zone.
9. What does the author accomplish by referring to Nanking as a "forgotten Holocaust," according to Kirby?
10. Briefly explain the twentieth-century Japanese cultural identity, as detailed in "The Path to Nanking."
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
Discuss and analyze the Japanese propaganda to the world in general and the population of Nanking in particular during the occupation. Include supporting material from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Has Iris Chang presented a fair and accurate discussion of the Rape of Nanking? Analyze and discuss three instances where Chang is or is not objective about the events in Nanking, and be sure to support the essay with information from the text.
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