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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. What subject was Kurosawa's older brother in love with when he failed his final exam?
(a) Calligraphy.
(b) Kendo.
(c) Foreign literature.
(d) Architecture.

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

3. Why did Akira choose to leave the Proletariat Artists League?
(a) He did not agree with its politics.
(b) He was more talented than his colleagues.
(c) It though he was a government agent.
(d) It didn't pay enough.

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

5. In A Coward and A Weakling, why was Akira arrest?
(a) For stealing a book.
(b) For being a Communist.
(c) Sor cutting class.
(d) For sneaking into a movie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What catastrophic event happened on September 1, 1923?

2. With whom dis young Akira explore the destroyed city in A Horrifying Excursion?

3. What new aspect of the curriculum was added to Akira's life in fifth grade?

4. In The Fragrance of Meiji, the Sounds of Taisho, Kurosawa recalls the smells and sounds of what year in Japan?

5. Where is young Akira in his earliest memory?

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