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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Forgotten Holocause: A Second Rape.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As "What the World Knew" opens, how does the world know what's happening in Nanking?
(a) Reporters are there covering the story.
(b) The leaders of the Safety Zone are issuing statements.
(c) The soldiers are sending letters to their families.
(d) Refugees are escaping to the West.

2. What motto sums up the mindset that Japanese cadets were taught to adopt?
(a) "The greatest honor is to kill Chinese."
(b) "The weak must be destroyed."
(c) "Japan will rule the world."
(d) "A will which knows no defeat."

3. Ono Kenji has co-edited a book on the Nanking massacre, the first work to be based completely on Japanese sources. During what year is the book published?
(a) 2004.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1978.

4. According to Chang in "The Forgotten Holocaust," what is one of the most sinister parts of Japanese education?
(a) Grueling exams.
(b) Textbook censorship.
(c) Rigid discipline.
(d) Long school hours.

5. How many women does Chang say are raped during the Japanese occupation of Nanking?
(a) Between fifteen and eighteen thousand.
(b) Between three and four hundred.
(c) Between twenty and eighty thousand.
(d) Between five and six thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward the end of "The Nanking Safety Zone," Chang states that the Safety Zone holds about how many refugees?

2. Which of the following individuals is a cabinet secretary who claims that the rape victims were actually engaged in willful prostitution during "The Forgotten Holocaust"?

3. In "Six Weeks of Horror," who is the woman who fights back against the Japanese rapists?

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

5. How long does Japan initially believe it will take to conquer mainland China?

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