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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 33 through 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Kurosawa begin shooting Sugata Sanshiro?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1954.

2. What ridiculous order did Kurosawa give his platoon as leader?
(a) He marches them into a wall.
(b) He orders them to go to sleep.
(c) He directs them to to fire in the air.
(d) He orders them to take off their clothes.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the result of Uekusa's charge up a hill at a group of ruffians in Murasaki and Shonagon?

2. At the end of A Bitter War, who did Kurosawa run into from his past?

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

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

5. At the end of The Fragrance of Meiji, the Sounds of Taisho, Kurosawa says that is sorry children of today do not have what?

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