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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Akira decide to do regarding the two speeches he was given to read?
(a) He read the other speech.
(b) He read the hated teacher's speech.
(c) He declined to read any speech.
(d) He improvised at the podium.

3. What job in the movies did Kurosawa's brother take in the 1930's?
(a) Set dresser.
(b) Narrator.
(c) Photographer.
(d) Assistant director.

4. In addition to art, what was young Akira's favorite subject?
(a) Science.
(b) Literature.
(c) History.
(d) Physical education.

5. At the beginning of A Distant Village, Kurosawa says he considers himself what?
(a) A closet westerner.
(b) A child of the planet earth.
(c) A perpetual actor.
(d) A lifelong student.

6. In Calligraphy, what is Kurosawa's feeling about his childhood teacher?
(a) He was too remote an individual.
(b) He expected too little of his pupils.
(c) His knowledge was inferior.
(d) He was the smartest man he ever met.

7. How was the Keika Middle School destroyed?
(a) It was flooded by the tsunami.
(b) It collapsed in the earthquake.
(c) It burned down.
(d) It became infested with termines.

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

9. What is the name of the leftist group that Kurosawa joined in the 1930's?
(a) Artists Against Subjugation.
(b) Proletariat Artist League.
(c) Workers Creative Alliance.
(d) United Writers Front.

10. What catastrophic event happened on September 1, 1923?
(a) A typhoon.
(b) A firebombing.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A tornado.

11. In A Distant Village, what did Akira do when after he got drunk on sake?
(a) He fell in a rice paddy.
(b) He kissed a strange woman.
(c) He passed out next to a water ox.
(d) He vomited on his cousin.

12. In Morimura Gakuen, Kusosawa argues that children should not be judged merely by what?
(a) Appearance.
(b) Economic background.
(c) Ability.
(d) Age.

13. The mean nickname the children gave Kurosawa at Morimura Gakuen implied that he had tears large as what?
(a) Gum drops.
(b) Icicles.
(c) Baseballs.
(d) Rice balls.

14. How were the streets of Kurosawa's neighborhood lit the on night of September 1, 1923?
(a) Fireflies.
(b) Emergency generators.
(c) Torches.
(d) Candles.

15. What did Kurosawa's father insist he do if he is to take Kendo lessons?
(a) Make daily offering at a temple.
(b) Read Lao Tsu.
(c) Get straight A's at school.
(d) Give up art lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was different about the way Mr. Tachikawa taught art at Kuroda?

2. What did Kurosawa's teachers at Morimura Gakuen mistakenly believe about him?

3. In My Rebellious Phase, what dangerous material did Akira use on some of his pranks?

4. In Crybaby, how did Kurosawa's older brother try to toughen him up in preparation face bullies?

5. What was the subject of Inagaki Hiroshi's movie Forgotten Children?

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