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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. Why was young Akira sent to Toyokawa Village?
(a) To learn the art of farming.
(b) To learn about his roots.
(c) To strengthen up.
(d) To get some fresh air.

2. What new aspect of the curriculum was added to Akira's life in fifth grade?
(a) Military training.
(b) Foreign landguages.
(c) Culinary arts.
(d) Shakespeare.

3. Why was Akira Kurosawa initially rejected for military service?
(a) He was a left-wing protester.
(b) He was too weak.
(c) He was a home-front asset.
(d) He had an education deferment.

4. How does Akira characterize the songs of the Taisho age in Japan?
(a) Lugubrious.
(b) Cacophonous.
(c) Erotic.
(d) Optimistic.

5. What was Yaguchi Yoko's job on The Most Beautiful?
(a) Actress.
(b) Assistant director.
(c) Head of makeup.
(d) Art director.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ordered Kurosawa to cut a scene from a movie, which he refused?

2. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?

3. In Kendo, how does Akira Kurosawa characterize his mother in comparison to his father?

4. What does Kurosawa say was Takizawa's great talent in Good People?

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

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