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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weakness does Kurosawa concede in Keika Middle School?
(a) He cannot do a squat-thrust.
(b) He cannot do a chin-up.
(c) He cannot run a mile.
(d) He cannot do a sit-up.

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

3. How many family members did Akira Kurosawa lose in the events of September 1, 1923?
(a) None.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

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

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

6. Who sent Akira to Toyokawa Village for the summer after his fifth grade year?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His military teacher,
(d) Mr. Tachikawa.

7. What was the subject of Inagaki Hiroshi's movie Forgotten Children?
(a) Paralyzed children.
(b) Child soldiers.
(c) Retarded children.
(d) Child prostitutes.

8. In The Fragrance of Meiji, the Sounds of Taisho, Kurosawa recalls the smells and sounds of what year in Japan?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1947.

9. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) She does not replace it.
(b) She goes back to the site of the duel that night and collects the lost item.
(c) She gave him another that belonged to his brother.
(d) She quietly buys him a new one.

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

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

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

13. In Crybaby, what honor was eventually given with the assistance of Mr. Tachikawa?
(a) Prom king.
(b) Flag bearer.
(c) Class President.
(d) Represntative to the Imperial Coucil.

14. Years later, what does Kurosawa think about his brother's insistence that they explore the carnage in A Horrifying Excursion?
(a) It was good for him.
(b) They should have helped more people.
(c) His brother was trying to prove himself.
(d) It was a terrible idea.

15. Which of the following is not a physical reaction that Kurosawa had to being challenged in primary school?
(a) He hyperventilated.
(b) He held his breath.
(c) He fainted.
(d) He wet himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Morimura Gakuen, what is significant about the young boy that Akira Kurosawa mentions specifically from Forgotten Children?

2. How were the streets of Kurosawa's neighborhood lit the on night of September 1, 1923?

3. From what book are the two soldiers that Kurosawa used to describe himself and Uekusa as children?

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

5. When visiting his father's hometown, Akira was confused when the elders did what?

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