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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 does Kurosawa blame for the failure of Sugata Sanshiro, Part II?
(a) Excessive censorship.
(b) Lack of funding.
(c) His lack of interest.
(d) Failure to secure the same actors.

2. What item that a doctor ordered Togashi to eat does Akira Kurosawa blame for her death?
(a) Elderberries.
(b) Tree roots.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Ginger.

3. What is the name of the leftist group that Kurosawa joined in the 1930's?
(a) Proletariat Artist League.
(b) United Writers Front.
(c) Workers Creative Alliance.
(d) Artists Against Subjugation.

4. What was Fushimizu Shu's film specialty?
(a) Family dramas.
(b) Musicals.
(c) Horror films.
(d) Romances.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the shooting of the final fight in Sugata Sanshiro held up for two days?

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

3. Reading his family tree, young Akira realize his ancestors included whom?

4. In Murasaki and Shonagon, how does Kurosawa assume he knew about the literary soldiers he referenced as a child?

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

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