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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. Whose help did Akira Kurosawa eventually employ to convince his father to let him quit calligraphy lessons?
(a) His older brother.
(b) His kendo teacher.
(c) His mother.
(d) Mr. Tachikawa.

2. From what book are the two soldiers that Kurosawa used to describe himself and Uekusa as children?
(a) The Mahabarata.
(b) Taketori Monogatari.
(c) The Pillow Book.
(d) Henry V.

3. In what type of structure did the old man mentioned at the end of A Distant Village live?
(a) A lean-to.
(b) A tent.
(c) A trench.
(d) A hovel.

4. How did Akira do as a military student?
(a) He quits and takes an incomplete.
(b) He passed with flying colors.
(c) He failed.
(d) He barely passes.

5. In My Rebellious Phase, what dangerous material did Akira use on some of his pranks?
(a) Arsenic.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) Raw sodium.
(d) Gunpowder.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did film-goers know that a particular night shot in Sugata Sanshiro was shot during the day?

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

3. How does Akira characterize the songs of the Taisho age in Japan?

4. What was Fushimizu Shu's film specialty?

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

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