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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Japan withdraw from the League of Nations?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1933.

2. In "The Nanking Safety Zone," which individual does Chang first discuss?
(a) German merchant.
(b) American surgeon.
(c) German businessman.
(d) American missionary professor.

3. A German diplomat reports that many Chinese women commit suicide by jumping into the Yangtze River between 1937 and 1938. Why?
(a) They could not find work.
(b) They were pregnant with half-Japanese babies.
(c) Their families could not bear the dishonor.
(d) Their husbands were angry with them for getting raped.

4. In which year does a group of officers launch a coup d'etat in Tokyo that kills the Prime Minister?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1931.

5. In what year does China's war with Japan end?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1932.

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 what year does the Meiji government of Japan send a naval fleet to Korea to force a commerce agreement?

3. All BUT WHICH of the following groups of citizens remain in Nanking after the soldiers leave the city?

4. According to the Introduction, Africans believe World War II began in which year?

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

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