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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the ship on which most foreign diplomats leave Nanking right before it falls to the Japanese?
(a) HMS Fowey.
(b) USS Augusta.
(c) HMS Hastings.
(d) USS Panay.

2. Who is the Japanese imperial army major who writes a report of confession while awaiting trial for his crimes?
(a) Ohta Hisao.
(b) Sun Zhaiwei.
(c) Li Xouying.
(d) Liu Fang-chu.

3. What kind of resistance does the Japanese army meet when it gets to Nanking?
(a) Practically nonexistent.
(b) Nearly impossible to match.
(c) Not well-organized.
(d) Well-organized.

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

5. Which of the following people is alone in advocating a strong defense for Nanking in November of 1937?
(a) Chiang Kai-shek.
(b) Frank Xing.
(c) Tang Sheng-chih.
(d) Chang Tien-Chun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shao Tzuping, one of the producers of a documentary on The Rape of Nanking, had served in all BUT WHICH of the following positions?

2. When the Nanking Safety Zone is initially set up, how long does the International Committee intend for it to be open?

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

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

5. The Rape of Nanking was kept quiet by all BUT WHICH of the following countries?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the methods used by the Japanese army to subdue the larger Chinese population of Nanking, as described in "Six Weeks of Terror."

2. In the Introduction, Chang states that various countries view World War II as having different start dates. To what can this disagreement be attributed?

3. In the Foreword, what does Kirby say was unique about the Rape of Nanking in regards to the way it was carried out?

4. Briefly explain the twentieth-century Japanese cultural identity, as detailed in "The Path to Nanking."

5. Japan occupied Nanking for eight years and set up a government of Chinese collaborators. What was that government NOT able to accomplish during those eight years?

6. What are the responses of Japan and China when Nanking falls, as described by William Kirby in the Foreword?

7. What does the author accomplish by referring to Nanking as a "forgotten Holocaust," according to Kirby?

8. Chang states in the Introduction that the Rape of Nanking surpasses many of the world's most barbaric events. To which events does she refer, and why was Nanking worse?

9. Describe the broad time line and details of the Rape of Nanking as outlined in the Introduction.

10. What reasons does Chang give in the Introduction as to why the Rape of Nanking is not as well known as the Holocaust or other tragic events?

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