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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. By December of 1937, how many Chinese troops populate the area around Nanking?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 90,000.
(d) 60,000.

2. After Nanking falls, how many people are housed in the Safety Zone?
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) One thousand.
(c) Several hundred.
(d) Ten thousand.

3. Which of the following military commanders is initially in charge of the Japanese imperial army for the Shanghai-Nanking region?
(a) Asaka.
(b) Matsui.
(c) Yanagawa.
(d) Nakajima.

4. In the Introduction, Ms. Chang quotes which of the following authors as stating that to forget a holocaust is to kill twice?
(a) Elie Wiesel.
(b) Akutagawa Ryunosuke.
(c) George Santayana.
(d) Shao Tzuping.

5. In "The Nanking Safety Zone," which of the following do the International Committee members NOT have to provide for the refugees in the Safety Zone?
(a) Medical care.
(b) Food.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Shelter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward the end of "The Nanking Safety Zone," Chang states that the Safety Zone holds about how many refugees?

2. Which of the following newsreel reporters are NOT on board when the USS Panay is attacked?

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

4. Chang states in "Six Weeks of Terror" that one of the Japanese military leaders is known as "the masked shogun" because information about this person is scarce. To which leader does she refer?

5. When Nanking falls, Japanese soldiers round up tens of thousands of Chinese men and commit all BUT WHICH of the following atrocities?

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