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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During which year does the author say she first realized the Nanking massacre was historically accurate and not simply myth?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1994.
(d) 2005.

2. What is the geographical area mentioned as the main site of the Japanese/Chinese conflict at the time Nanking fell?
(a) Sichuan Valley.
(b) Yangtze Valley.
(c) Suzhou Plains.
(d) Hunan Gorge.

3. Which of the following does the author NOT discover is a published book on the subject of Nanking?
(a) Undeniable History in Photographs.
(b) Two Months of Terror.
(c) Tend of Orange Mist.
(d) Tree of Heaven.

4. Kirby mentions in the Foreword that Nanking prompted China to do all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Give up.
(b) Regroup.
(c) Retreat.
(d) Outlast.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ms. Chang informs the reader that the Rape of Nanking is told from all BUT WHICH of the following points of view?

2. The Rape of Nanking was kept quiet by all BUT WHICH of the following countries?

3. What event does the author mention in the Introduction that prompted many Nanking survivors to speak out about the massacre?

4. Decades later, what is still stunning about the way in which the Rape of Nanking was conducted?

5. Why, according to Kirby, is Ms. Chang's book so important?

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