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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 relation was Togashi to Akira?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) She was a family friend.
(c) His great aunt.
(d) His younger sister.

2. What did Kurosawa lose in his duel with the gang of students that attack him in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) His bamboo rod.
(b) His kendo outift.
(c) His bento box.
(d) His school books.

3. Who is the sapling of the chapter title in this section?
(a) Hirohito.
(b) Uekusa.
(c) Akira's brother.
(d) Akira Kurosawa.

4. In Kendo, what does Kurosawa recall his father doing in the morning during the war years?
(a) Meditating behind the house.
(b) Weeping bitterly in his bedroom.
(c) Watching the children walk to school.
(d) Cooking breakfast for the family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Depression hits Japan, what did Akira felt bad about his parents paying for what?

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

3. What was Fushimizu Shu's film specialty?

4. What is the name of the leftist group that Kurosawa joined in the 1930's?

5. Which of the following was not a demand Kurosawa made of his actresses in The Most Beautiful?

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