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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month during "The Occupation of Nanking" do the Japanese open a facility for medical experiments on Nanking residents?
(a) April.
(b) February.
(c) January.
(d) March.

2. By December of 1937, how many Chinese troops populate the area around Nanking?
(a) 90,000.
(b) 60,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 20,000.

3. Tanaka Yuki believes that the Japanese army had great potential for brutality for two reasons. What is the first of those two reasons?
(a) Hierarchical nature of society.
(b) Lack of leadership.
(c) Cruel treatment of its own soldiers.
(d) Lack of discipline.

4. After the Japanese victory at Shanghai, Chinese officials do all BUT WHICH of the following to prepare for possible attacks elsewhere?
(a) Hold practice air-raid drills.
(b) Order residents to camouflage homes.
(c) Order civilians out of the cities.
(d) Have citizens build bomb shelters.

5. 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?
(a) Asaka Yasuhiko.
(b) Tang Sheng-chih.
(c) Chiang Kai-shek.
(d) Nakajima Kesago.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Occupation of Nanking," the Japanese use all BUT WHICH of the following tools to break open bank vaults?

2. Which of the following individuals holds several government positions and is forced to resign after stating that Japan was not an aggressor during "The Forgotten Holocaust"?

3. Who is the Japanese imperial army major who writes a report of confession while awaiting trial for his crimes?

4. To what problem can most of the damage in Nanking be attributed in the, "The Occupation of Nanking" chapter?

5. On what date in 1937 do most reporters leave Nanking after the city falls to the Japanese?

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