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

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

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

4. In The Fragrance of Meiji, the Sounds of Taisho, Kurosawa recalls the smells and sounds of what year in Japan?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1930.

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

2. What item that a doctor ordered Togashi to eat does Akira Kurosawa blame for her death?

3. Why was young Akira sent to Toyokawa Village?

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

5. Which of the following is not a daily appointment Kurosawa had to keep in childhood?

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