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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In An Alleyway in the Floating World, how did the little girl respond to Akira's rescuing her?
(a) She barely acknowledges it.
(b) She cries and holds him.
(c) She asks him to put her back.
(d) She kills herself.

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

3. At the end of Marriage, how did Akira decide to make more money?
(a) Draw from his inheritance.
(b) Write more screenplays.
(c) Take on a teaching job.
(d) Edit more films.

4. What types of laws was Kurosawa critiquing with his film Scandal?
(a) Source disclosure laws.
(b) Sex trafficking laws.
(c) Freedom of speech laws.
(d) Political funding laws.

5. How did Kurosawa learn of Japan's defeat in the war?
(a) Via radio.
(b) The studio head announces it.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) By a newsreel.

Short Answer Questions

1. The film One Wonderful Sunday reconnected Akira with whom?

2. For what studio did Kurosawa make A Salmon's Old Stories?

3. What terrifying job did Yamamoto Kajiro give Akira as chief assistant?

4. What happened to most of the actresses in The Most Beautiful after the shoot?

5. Why did Fushimizu Shu suddenly stop making movies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Akira's brother die?

2. What was the talent like at the PCL?

3. Describe Kurosawa's relationship with Japanese censors.

4. Why does Kurosawa think his writing process was flawed in Scandal?

5. What was Kurosawa trying to evoke, visually, with Rashomon?

6. What character flaw does Akira Kurosawa admit to at the end of Something Like an Autobiography?

7. Why was the final fight of Sugata Sanshiro a challenge for Kurosawa?

8. What demands did Kurosawa make of his actresses in The Most Beautiful?

9. How did Akira become disillusioned with the Proletariat Artists League?

10. How did Mifune Toshiro and Kurosawa begin work together?

(see the answer keys)

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