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

2. For how many years does the conflict between China and Japan last?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Three years.

3. How long does Japan initially believe it will take to conquer mainland China?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three months.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

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

5. Ms. Chang informs the reader that the Rape of Nanking is told from all BUT WHICH of the following points of view?
(a) American/European observers.
(b) Japanese military.
(c) Nazi government.
(d) Chinese victims.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Introduction, Europeans date the beginning of World War II in which year?

2. The Foreword states that the occupation of Nanking was supposed to be a turning point for the Japanese in the struggle against which leader's armies?

3. What does the Japanese government do in response to the mass rape committed by soldiers in Nanking?

4. In his book, Lieutenant Colonel Hashimoto Kingoro wrote that Japan could escape the pressures of surplus population in all BUT WHICH of the following ways?

5. Kirby mentions in the Foreword that Nanking prompted China to do all BUT WHICH of the following?

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