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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 25 through 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In A Coward and A Weakling, what position was Akira given at the League newspaper?
(a) Assistant editor.
(b) Beat reporter.
(c) Op-ed columnist.
(d) Film reviewer.

2. What role did Uekusa Keinosuke later play in Kurosawa's professional life?
(a) Assistant Director.
(b) Screenwriter.
(c) Director of Photography.
(d) Producer.

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

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

5. What memory brings tears to Kurosawa's eyes as he recalls it in Whirlwind?
(a) Uekusa's lack of popularity.
(b) Mr. Tachikawa's dismissal.
(c) His sister's death.
(d) His brother's failure.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In An Alleyway in the Floating World, how long did Akira's brother let him stay in his tenement room?

3. In Morimura Gakuen, what is significant about the young boy that Akira Kurosawa mentions specifically from Forgotten Children?

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

5. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?

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