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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Nanking Safety Zone," which individual does Chang discuss second?

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

3. In "The Fall of Nanking," how many divisions does the commander in charge of Nanking give authority to cross the Yangtze River?

4. By which decade does the author state in "The Path to Nanking" that Japan had launched an undeclared war on China?

5. Kirby states that Ms. Chang has drawn connections between which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the attitude of Lieutenant Colonel Hashimoto Kingoro about Japan's future in his book, quoted in "The Path to Nanking."

2. What was the relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and Tang Sheng-chih at the time of the Nanking invasion?

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

4. As discussed in "The Fall of Nanking," what are the reasons historians have found for why Nanking fell in four days with so many Chinese soldiers present to defend the city?

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

6. Briefly describe John Rabe's role in the Nanking Safety Zone.

7. Briefly describe the three different occupations of Nanking.

8. According to Kirby, what haunts Chinese-Japanese relations today, and why?

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

10. Describe how Tang Shunsan was able to survive his encounter with Japanese soldiers.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In most successful wars and occupations, the master-race theme is often present. Japan used the master-race mentality to justify its occupation of China, just as Nazi Germany used the master-race idea to justify its crimes against Jews, gypsies, and other political "undesirables." Why is this mindset important in Nanking? What does it accomplish? How might Japan's occupation of Nanking have been different if Japanese soldiers did NOT view themselves as more worthy than the Chinese civilians?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the process by which Japanese soldiers learned to view the Chinese as less than human. At what point did this conditioning begin, and what cultural factors enabled it to be so successful?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the different methods used to rescue the Chinese population of Nanking by John Rabe, Robert Wilson, and Minnie Vautrin. Be sure to use material from the text to support the essay.

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