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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. In 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) begins trials in Tokyo. How long do those trials last?
(a) One year.
(b) Two and a half years.
(c) Six and a half years.
(d) Four months.

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

3. George Fitch's daughter states that her father is so traumatized after the Rape of Nanking that what frequently occurs?
(a) Nightmares.
(b) Crying fits.
(c) Amnesia.
(d) Hallucinations.

4. Which Japanese news outlet begins to report that all is well and that Nanking's citizens are returning home in late December during the occupation?
(a) Domei.
(b) Kyodo.
(c) Nippon.
(d) Xinhua.

5. When the initial deaths are combined with deaths that occurred later but are related, one can estimate that the Japanese killed about how many Chinese people in total?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 19 million.
(c) 600 thousand.
(d) 900 thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the American public initially respond when the article entitled "The Sack of Nanking" is published in magazines in the US?

2. After the War Crimes committee is created, trials for class B and C war criminals begin when?

3. In "Judgment Day," one of the war crimes trials held is for two lieutenants: Takeshi and Toshiaki. In what chapter of this book does "Judgment Day" say their killing contest is described?

4. Which of the following women helps Chang find the descendants of John Rabe?

5. In "The Fate of the Survivors," during what year does Lewis Smythe leave his job at Nanking University for Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Nanking's economic situation after the massacre.

2. What contribution does Dr. Bretton Lee Douglas make to the publication of the book?

3. What event finally ends the occupation of Nanking, and when does it end?

4. What is the US response to the attack on the USS Panay?

5. Why are the leaders of the International Safety Zone Committee particularly well-suited to tell the real story of Nanking?

6. Briefly describe the fate of John Rabe after the Nanking massacre.

7. When news of the atrocities in Nanking finally begin to be published in American magazines, what is the initial public response?

8. What information and assistance do the surviving American and European eyewitnesses and their families give Chang?

9. Describe the role of Chang's parents in the writing of this book.

10. Briefly describe the medical experiments conducted by the Japanese on citizens of Nanking. How many are killed in this manner?

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