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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through What the World Knew.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the author first learn about the Rape of Nanking?
(a) During college.
(b) As a little girl.
(c) As a teenager.
(d) After getting married.

2. The fall of Shanghai is a particularly hard blow to the leader of the Nationalists. Who is he?
(a) Chang Tien-Chun.
(b) Frank Xing.
(c) Chiang Kai-shek.
(d) Tang Sheng-chih.

3. 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) Anger.
(c) Horror.
(d) Apathy.

4. Which of the following people is alone in advocating a strong defense for Nanking in November of 1937?
(a) Chang Tien-Chun.
(b) Frank Xing.
(c) Chiang Kai-shek.
(d) Tang Sheng-chih.

5. What mood does the commander of Nanking find when he arrives at the river dock?
(a) Abandoned boats.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Bedlam.
(d) Discipline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be considered ironic about John Rabe as a defender of the Safety Zone?

2. Most of the Zone leaders have no bodyguard experience, and yet they accomplish all BUT WHICH of the following actions anyway?

3. On what date does the commander who is left in charge of Nanking receive orders from the leader of the Nationalists to abandon the city?

4. By December of 1937, how many Chinese troops populate the area around Nanking?

5. What World War II event has helped the world believe the myth that Japan was a victim and not an instigator?

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