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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. How did the new art teacher at Kurosawa's school respond to his art work?
(a) He submitted it to agovernmental review.
(b) He praised it intemperately.
(c) He barely noticed it.
(d) He criticized it harshly.

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

3. What violent event occurred in Akira Kurosawa's first memory?
(a) He was born.
(b) He fell off a table.
(c) An earthwuake happened.
(d) He was slapped by his mother.

4. What memory brings tears to Kurosawa's eyes as he recalls it in Whirlwind?
(a) Mr. Tachikawa's dismissal.
(b) Uekusa's lack of popularity.
(c) His sister's death.
(d) His brother's failure.

5. How was Akira Kurosawa affected by seeing Forgotten Children in the theater?
(a) He gives it a standing ovation.
(b) He loudly protests that it is lousy.
(c) He becomes ill and walks out.
(d) He weeps uncontrollably.

Short Answer Questions

1. What changed for Akira Kurosawa after the fight described in Murasaki and Shonagon?

2. In Murasaki and Shonagon, what does Uekusa recall about Kurosawa in school?

3. What love besides movies did Akira's father pass down to him?

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

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

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