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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. Which of the following is not a daily appointment Kurosawa had to keep in childhood?
(a) Calligraphy lessons.
(b) Visiting Mr. Tachikawa.
(c) Visiting his grandmother.
(d) Kendo lessons.

2. How does Mr. Iwamatsu respond to students who are struggling with exams?
(a) He tells them the answers.
(b) He helps them through problems.
(c) He mocks them mercilessly.
(d) He shrugs.

3. What job in the movies did Kurosawa's brother take in the 1930's?
(a) Narrator.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Set dresser.
(d) Assistant director.

4. What relation was Togashi to Akira?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) She was a family friend.
(c) His great aunt.
(d) His younger sister.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What resolution did Kurosawa make regarding his new art teacher?

3. At the beginning of A Distant Village, Kurosawa says he considers himself what?

4. What act by Uekusa in Murasaki and Shonagon surprised and infuriated Kurosawa at the time?

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

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