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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. What was the American censor response to No Regrets for Our Youth?
(a) They refused to approve it.
(b) They approved it.
(c) They didn't even watch it.
(d) They trimmed it significantly before approving it.

2. What was the first position Akira took under Yamamoto Kajiro?
(a) Makeup assistant.
(b) Stand in.
(c) Set dresser.
(d) Assistant director.

3. When does Kurosawa traditionally use the song The Cuckoo Waltz in his films?
(a) When a character is falling asleep.
(b) When a character is elated.
(c) When a character is distraught.
(d) When a character is killed.

4. What separated Akira from his contemporaries on set with Yamamoto Kajiro?
(a) He had never seen Yamamoto Kajiro's films.
(b) He was significantly younger.
(c) He was the only Japan native.
(d) He had no degree.

5. Who did Uekusa and Akira base the antagonist of The Drunken Angel on?
(a) A Japanese war criminal.
(b) An unlicensed doctor they knew.
(c) A bully who once attacked Uekusa.
(d) The teacher they both hated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Fushimizu Shu's film specialty?

2. Which is not an additional job that assistant directors had on set with Yamamoto Kajiro?

3. Where did Kurosawa choose to shoot the fight scene from Sugata Sanshiro?

4. At the end of Marriage, how did Akira decide to make more money?

5. Why did the censors remove a gate from a Kurosawa film?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kurosawa's relationship with Japanese censors.

2. What was Akira's editing experience under Yanamoto?

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

4. How is Akira Kurosawa angered by the state of Japan's film industry?

5. How did Akira discover the similarity he had to his brother?

6. How did an army major and Akira Kurosawa come to an agreement regarding cutting a scene from one of his films?

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

8. What controversy does Kurosawa have filming a night scene in Sugata Sanshiro?

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

10. How did Kurosawa meet a famous American director without knowing it?

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