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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. What did Naruse Mikio use to build a scene?
(a) Voiceover.
(b) One establishing shot, and some closeups.
(c) Many short shots.
(d) A single, extended shot.

2. Why did the censors remove a gate from a Kurosawa film?
(a) They thought it was a vaginal metaphor.
(b) It was shot on a state holiday.
(c) They did not want any films over 90 minutes.
(d) The gate had an imperial symbol on it.

3. How did the new art teacher at Kurosawa's school respond to his art work?
(a) He criticized it harshly.
(b) He praised it intemperately.
(c) He barely noticed it.
(d) He submitted it to agovernmental review.

4. What happened to most of the actresses in The Most Beautiful after the shoot?
(a) They went on to have stellar careers.
(b) They remained in his company.
(c) They joined the war effort until the armistice.
(d) They retired.

5. At the beginning of A Distant Village, Kurosawa says he never felt like what?
(a) A native of a particular region.
(b) A lover of life.
(c) A citizen of the World.
(d) A particularly good artist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the result of Uekusa's telling the girl's father that he loved her in Murasaki and Shonagon?

2. What world event caused the Japanese to censor domestic film, including Kurosawa's A German at Daruma Temple?

3. After working on Horses, what does Kurosawa spend his life doing besides writing?

4. How was the Keika Middle School destroyed?

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

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