View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kurosawa describe the style of institution that Kuroda Primary School is?
(a) A special needs school.
(b) A highly westernized school.
(c) A traditional Japanese school.
(d) A military-type school.

2. Why was Akira Kurosawa humiliated in his early memory about his nurse?
(a) She never changed his diaper.
(b) She batted him around like a kitten.
(c) She dressed him like a girl.
(d) She held him while using the toilet.

3. In Crybaby, what honor was eventually given with the assistance of Mr. Tachikawa?
(a) Flag bearer.
(b) Prom king.
(c) Represntative to the Imperial Coucil.
(d) Class President.

4. To whom does Kurosawa compare teachers like Mr. Iwamatsu at the end of Honor and Revere?
(a) His directing mentors.
(b) His actors.
(c) Himelf.
(d) His parents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what evocative metaphor does Kurosawa describe his smugness in the second chapter of this section?

2. In what type of structure did the old man mentioned at the end of A Distant Village live?

3. What was the subject of Inagaki Hiroshi's movie Forgotten Children?

4. How many family members did Akira Kurosawa lose in the events of September 1, 1923?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 282 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample