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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 41 through 48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As told in Storytellers, what image in a movie reduced young Akira to inconsolable tears?
(a) An old man's suicide.
(b) An Egyptian slave girl.
(c) A paralyzed infant.
(d) A dying sled dog.

2. What ridiculous order did Kurosawa give his platoon as leader?
(a) He directs them to to fire in the air.
(b) He orders them to take off their clothes.
(c) He orders them to go to sleep.
(d) He marches them into a wall.

3. What animal does Kurosawa recall seeing killed by a train at an early age?
(a) A possum.
(b) A dog.
(c) A pony.
(d) A cow.

4. Which of the following is not a daily appointment Kurosawa had to keep in childhood?
(a) Kendo lessons.
(b) Visiting Mr. Tachikawa.
(c) Calligraphy lessons.
(d) Visiting his grandmother.

5. In what type of structure did the old man mentioned at the end of A Distant Village live?
(a) A hovel.
(b) A tent.
(c) A trench.
(d) A lean-to.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Fushimizu Shu suddenly stop making movies?

2. In Murasaki and Shonagon, how does Kurosawa assume he knew about the literary soldiers he referenced as a child?

3. In The Gleam of Fireflies, who wrote a new speech to replace the one young Akira was given?

4. In Crybaby, what was the subject of Kurosawa's artwork that Tachikawa praised?

5. What emotion did Mifune Toshiro choose to present in his audition from Akira Kurosawa?

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