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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fall of Nanking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does the leader of the Nationalists shift the responsibility for defending Nanking after the fall of Shanghai?
(a) Frank Xing.
(b) Chiang Kai-shek.
(c) Tang Sheng-chih.
(d) Chang Tien-Chun.

2. What World War II event has helped the world believe the myth that Japan was a victim and not an instigator?
(a) Holocaust.
(b) Pearl Harbor.
(c) Nanking.
(d) Hiroshima.

3. 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) Shao Tzuping.
(c) George Santayana.
(d) Elie Wiesel.

4. Tuberculosis strikes the first commander of the Japanese military. Who then takes over as the leader of the troops around Nanking?
(a) Matsui.
(b) Nakajima.
(c) Yanagawa.
(d) Asaka.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does the commander who is left in charge of Nanking receive orders from the leader of the Nationalists to abandon the city?

2. To which atmosphere could the elementary schools of Japan best be compared?

3. "The Path to Nanking" states that Japan's golden era of prosperity comes to an end during which decade?

4. What nationality is John Rabe?

5. During which year does the author say she first realized the Nanking massacre was historically accurate and not simply myth?

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