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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 9 through 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Murasaki and Shonagon, how does Kurosawa assume he knew about the literary soldiers he referenced as a child?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) Mr. Tachikawa.
(d) His calligraphy teacher.

2. How did young Akira avoid falling to his death in the events of A Long Red Brick Wall?
(a) Another rider held onto him.
(b) The vehicle stopped in time.
(c) He tucked and rolled.
(d) He grabbed a railing.

3. 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.

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

5. From what book are the two soldiers that Kurosawa used to describe himself and Uekusa as children?
(a) The Mahabarata.
(b) Henry V.
(c) Taketori Monogatari.
(d) The Pillow Book.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of The Long Red Brick Wall, what did Kurosawa do as he walked to school?

2. On what public conveyance was young Akira during the events of A Long Red Brick Wall?

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

4. What colored animal did Akira Kurosawa think his family should have gotten when he was young?

5. In The Gleam of Fireflies, why was Kurosawa uncomfortable with the speech given him?

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