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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 49 through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role did Uekusa Keinosuke later play in Kurosawa's professional life?
(a) Director of Photography.
(b) Producer.
(c) Screenwriter.
(d) Assistant Director.

2. In A Coward and A Weakling, what position was Akira given at the League newspaper?
(a) Op-ed columnist.
(b) Beat reporter.
(c) Film reviewer.
(d) Assistant editor.

3. In The Gleam of Fireflies, who wrote a new speech to replace the one young Akira was given?
(a) Akira.
(b) Akira's older brother.
(c) Mr. Tachikawa.
(d) Uekusa.

4. What was the American censor response to No Regrets for Our Youth?
(a) They approved it.
(b) They refused to approve it.
(c) They trimmed it significantly before approving it.
(d) They didn't even watch it.

5. What was different about the way Mr. Tachikawa taught art at Kuroda?
(a) He encuraged personal creativity.
(b) He taught the children art history.
(c) He never hung up art work.
(d) He let children decide when they were done with a picture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the result of Uekusa's telling the girl's father that he loved her in Murasaki and Shonagon?

2. Why was Akira Kurosawa initially rejected for military service?

3. Why did Akira apply to PCL at 26?

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

5. What does Kurosawa say was Takizawa's great talent in Good People?

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