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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. Which of the following individuals is appointed to the position of justice minister, gives an interview stating that the Nanking Massacre is a hoax, and is forced to resign in "The Forgotten Holocaust"?

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

3. Chang's parents provided all BUT WHICH of the following assistance during the writing of this book?

4. When news of John Rabe's situation reaches China, the Nanking survivors raise how much money in US dollars to help him?

5. Tanaka Yuki believes that the Japanese army had great potential for brutality for two reasons. What is the first of those two reasons?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Why do the Japanese encourage narcotic use among the Chinese?

4. Describe what happened to Azuma Shiro, as discussed in "The Forgotten Holocaust."

5. Briefly describe what happened to Robert Wilson after the Nanking massacre.

6. Why are John Rabe's diary accounts of Nanking so explosive and important when they are finally released?

7. Why does Emperor Hirohito never face any sort of consequence for his role in the Rape of Nanking or other events during the war?

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

9. 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.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the factors and events after the Rape of Nanking that allowed this event to be buried for so long. Include the perspectives of China, Japan, and the United States and the reasons each country may have had to ignore this tragedy.

Essay Topic 2

Has Iris Chang presented a fair and accurate discussion of the Rape of Nanking? Analyze and discuss three instances where Chang is or is not objective about the events in Nanking, and be sure to support the essay with information from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the decision by the Chinese government to pull out of Nanking and the subsequent actions in the suburbs of the city. What reasons might the government have had for pulling out of Nanking? What steps did the government abandonment enable the Chinese military to take that they might not otherwise have been able to take?

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