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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 did Akira's brother do three days before killing himself?
(a) Married his girlfriend.
(b) Bought a cat.
(c) Treated Akira to dinner.
(d) Sold his projector.

2. What did Akira primarily worry about concerning being a part of the Proletariat Artists League?
(a) Looking like a weakling.
(b) Disgracing his family.
(c) Missing his appointments with Mr. Tachikawa.
(d) Sounding foolish in from of the other members.

3. Who is the sapling of the chapter title in this section?
(a) Uekusa.
(b) Hirohito.
(c) Akira Kurosawa.
(d) Akira's brother.

4. In An Alleyway in the Floating World, how long did Akira's brother let him stay in his tenement room?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 1 week.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Akira Kurosawa humiliated in his early memory about his nurse?

2. From what book are the two soldiers that Kurosawa used to describe himself and Uekusa as children?

3. What memory brings tears to Kurosawa's eyes as he recalls it in Whirlwind?

4. How were the streets of Kurosawa's neighborhood lit the on night of September 1, 1923?

5. Which ethnic group was hunted and killed in the darkness following September 1, 1923?

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