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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. By which decade does the author state in "The Path to Nanking" that Japan had launched an undeclared war on China?
2. What mood does the commander of Nanking find when he arrives at the river dock?
3. What World War II event has helped the world believe the myth that Japan was a victim and not an instigator?
4. Chang states in "Six Weeks of Terror" that one of the Japanese military leaders is known as "the masked shogun" because information about this person is scarce. To which leader does she refer?
5. In his book, Lieutenant Colonel Hashimoto Kingoro wrote that Japan could escape the pressures of surplus population in all BUT WHICH of the following ways?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Briefly explain the twentieth-century Japanese cultural identity, as detailed in "The Path to Nanking."
3. 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?
4. Describe the attitude of Lieutenant Colonel Hashimoto Kingoro about Japan's future in his book, quoted in "The Path to Nanking."
5. According to Chang at the end of "The Nanking Safety Zone," what is chilling about the number of refugees in the Nanking Safety Zone?
6. Briefly describe the three different occupations of Nanking.
7. Briefly describe the five methods of torture used by the Japanese soldiers in their attempt to exterminate the population of Nanking.
8. Briefly describe Wilhelmina (Minnie) Vautrin's role in the Nanking Safety Zone.
9. Describe Matsui Iwane's reaction to the events in Nanking after he was once again well enough to take command of the soldiers.
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the various responses of the Chinese women in Nanking to the widespread rapes committed by Japanese soldiers. Why did so few women fight back? Be sure to include the responses of the women who found themselves pregnant afterward, and also include supporting material from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the historical vision of Nanking with the version seen after the Japanese occupation. What major changes could be noticed? How had the population changed? How had the focus of the city changed?
Essay Topic 3
Emperor Hirohito and his family were granted immunity for all wartime actions in exchange for Japan's surrender. In a well-developed essay, discuss whether or not this action was justified. Use supporting material from the text to analyze how much the emperor knew of the events in Nanking, and to what extent other members of the imperial family should or should not have been held accountable.
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