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

2. Who sent Akira to Toyokawa Village for the summer after his fifth grade year?
(a) Mr. Tachikawa.
(b) His father.
(c) His military teacher,
(d) His mother.

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

4. What was different about The Most Beautiful's shooting concept?
(a) There was no dialogue.
(b) There were documentary portions.
(c) It was shot without tripods or cranes.
(d) It was shot using only natural light.

5. What did Kurosawa's father insist he do if he is to take Kendo lessons?
(a) Get straight A's at school.
(b) Read Lao Tsu.
(c) Give up art lessons.
(d) Make daily offering at a temple.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the new art teacher at Kurosawa's school respond to his art work?

3. What does Kurosawa blame for the failure of Sugata Sanshiro, Part II?

4. At the beginning of A Distant Village, Kurosawa says he never felt like what?

5. Who is the sapling of the chapter title in this section?

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