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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. How does the American public initially respond when the article entitled "The Sack of Nanking" is published in magazines in the US?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Disbelief.
(c) Anger.
(d) Horror.

2. As "What the World Knew" opens, how does the world know what's happening in Nanking?
(a) Reporters are there covering the story.
(b) Refugees are escaping to the West.
(c) The leaders of the Safety Zone are issuing statements.
(d) The soldiers are sending letters to their families.

3. According to Chang in "Six Weeks of Terror," what happens to the Japanese war criminals after Nanking?
(a) Life sentences in jail.
(b) Fugitives from the law.
(c) Executed many years ago.
(d) Protected by the Japanese government.

4. In "The Fall of Nanking," Chang states that Nanking has been occupied by foreign armies how many times?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

5. Why do the Japanese soldiers generally kill the women they rape after they've finished?
(a) So that angry husbands won't know who to blame.
(b) In order to relieve the dishonor for the woman's family.
(c) They don't want to pay the women their fee.
(d) Rape is officially prohibited by military command.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the Introduction, the author cites what fact as her primary motivation for writing this book?

3. 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?

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

5. Which individual does Chang discuss third in "The Nanking Safety Zone" chapter?

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