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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. The Epilogue states that some scholars explain the horrors in Nanking and other atrocities by a phenomenon known as what?
(a) Master race mentality.
(b) Mob mentality.
(c) Transfer of oppression.
(d) Uncontrollable rage.

2. The end of "Judgment Day" states that Emperor Hirohito dies in what year?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1994.

3. After his trial, Hisao is executed in a manner that many of the Nanking survivors believe to be much more humane than anything he'd done to his victims. How is Hisao executed?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Beheading.
(c) Firing squad.
(d) Lethal injection.

4. Which of the following individuals is the director of the Japanese environmental agency who comments that Japan never intended to be aggressive and is forced to retract the statement in "The Forgotten Holocaust"?
(a) Fujio Masayuki.
(b) General Nagano Shigeto.
(c) Okuno Seisuki.
(d) Sakurai Shin.

5. At the end of "The Forgotten Holocaust," Azuma Shiro becomes the first Japanese veteran to apologize for his role in Nanking. During what year does this occur?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1953.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month during "The Occupation of Nanking" do the Japanese open a facility for medical experiments on Nanking residents?

2. One of the diary writers in "What the World Knew" is able to take several reels of film and smuggle them out of Nanking on which date?

3. According to Chang in "The Forgotten Holocaust," what is one of the most sinister parts of Japanese education?

4. What is the second factor that Tanaka Yuko cites as the reason the Japanese army had such potential for brutality?

5. After the massacre, the Japanese create a new government in Nanking. On what date is the Nanking Self-Government Committee created?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Matsui Iwane's behavior during his war crimes trial so puzzling?

4. Describe the postwar differences between Japan and Germany that have allowed the Rape of Nanking to go largely unnoticed while the Holocaust is acknowledged world wide.

5. Today, the Japanese government takes the position that any wartime reparation issues were dealt with in the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1952. Why is this position erroneous?

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

7. Describe the biological warfare used by the Japanese in an attempt to exterminate Chinese civilians.

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

9. Explain Matsui Iwane's philosophy about China as discussed in the Epilogue.

10. Briefly discuss Ishihara Shintaro's assertions set forth in "The Forgotten Holocaust" about how the Rape of Nanking is a lie.

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