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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 5 through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What act by Uekusa in Murasaki and Shonagon surprised and infuriated Kurosawa at the time?
(a) He lost Kurosawa's favorite robe.
(b) He charged a gang of bullies.
(c) He asked out a girl Kurosawa liked.
(d) He made a picture that Tachikawa liked.

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

3. What was the result of Uekusa's charge up a hill at a group of ruffians in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) He was knocked unconscious.
(b) He chased them off.
(c) He became leader og their group.
(d) He was beaten with rods.

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

5. How does Kurosawa describe the style of institution that Kuroda Primary School is?
(a) A traditional Japanese school.
(b) A special needs school.
(c) A military-type school.
(d) A highly westernized school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a physical reaction that Kurosawa had to being challenged in primary school?

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

3. How was Akira Kurosawa affected by seeing Forgotten Children in the theater?

4. What great act of devotion did Uekusa make regarding a girl as a child?

5. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?

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