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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Six Weeks of Terror.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many Chinese civilians and former soldiers are killed during the mass execution near Mufu Mountain?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 57,000.
(c) 104,000.
(d) 12,000.

2. In "The Path to Nanking," the author states that the Japanese Samurai code of conduct is called what?
(a) Masurao.
(b) Konnichiwa.
(c) Bushido.
(d) Kiyaku.

3. What event does the author mention in the Introduction that prompted many Nanking survivors to speak out about the massacre?
(a) Tiananmen Square.
(b) Pacification of Manchukuo.
(c) Long March.
(d) Opium War.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Chinese city is known as "the Venice of China" and is completely devastated by the Japanese army?

2. Kirby mentions in the Foreword that the Rape of Nanking accomplished what in the eyes of the world?

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

4. Japan succeeded in accomplishing war with China during the summer of which year?

5. During the Rape of Nanking, the Japanese outdo all BUT WHICH of the following massacres?

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