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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 33 through 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why dis Kurosawa get selected for a renowned Kendo School?
(a) He impressed the instructor at a demonstration.
(b) His arms were determined to be of the right length.
(c) He was chosen at random.
(d) He wrote an impassioned letter to the instructor.

2. What does Kurosawa say was Takizawa's great talent in Good People?
(a) Directing actors.
(b) Staying under budget.
(c) Setting atmosphere.
(d) Using silence.

3. What great act of devotion did Uekusa make regarding a girl as a child?
(a) He waited for her all night with a love letter.
(b) He opened every door for her one day.
(c) He painted a portrait of her.
(d) He sent her an orchid every day for a year.

4. After working on Horses, what does Kurosawa spend his life doing besides writing?
(a) Reading Western philosphy.
(b) Dating women.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Directing radio shows.

5. In Kendo, what does Kurosawa recall his father doing in the morning during the war years?
(a) Weeping bitterly in his bedroom.
(b) Watching the children walk to school.
(c) Cooking breakfast for the family.
(d) Meditating behind the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What act by Uekusa in Murasaki and Shonagon surprised and infuriated Kurosawa at the time?

2. How does Akira characterize the songs of the Taisho age in Japan?

3. How did film-goers know that a particular night shot in Sugata Sanshiro was shot during the day?

4. In what type of structure did the old man mentioned at the end of A Distant Village live?

5. Why was the shooting of the final fight in Sugata Sanshiro held up for two days?

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