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

2. In Kendo, what does Kurosawa recall his father doing in the morning during the war years?
(a) Weeping bitterly in his bedroom.
(b) Cooking breakfast for the family.
(c) Watching the children walk to school.
(d) Meditating behind the house.

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

4. In My Rebellious Phase, what dangerous material did Akira use on some of his pranks?
(a) Arsenic.
(b) Gunpowder.
(c) Raw sodium.
(d) Gasoline.

5. Why dis Kurosawa get selected for a renowned Kendo School?
(a) He wrote an impassioned letter to the instructor.
(b) He was chosen at random.
(c) He impressed the instructor at a demonstration.
(d) His arms were determined to be of the right length.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did it take Akira Kurosawa to rise to chief assistant under Yamamoto Kajiro?

2. In The Gleam of Fireflies, who wrote a new speech to replace the one young Akira was given?

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

4. What love besides movies did Akira's father pass down to him?

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

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