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

2. Reading his family tree, young Akira realize his ancestors included whom?
(a) Great warriors.
(b) Ballistics experts.
(c) Emperors.
(d) A famous imperial artist.

3. 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 week.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 1 year.

4. In Negative and Positive, what did an actor tell Akira his first day as an assistant director?
(a) He looks like his brother.
(b) He is smarter than the director.
(c) He should write for the movies.
(d) He'll never make it in the industry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject was Kurosawa's older brother in love with when he failed his final exam?

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

3. What role did Uekusa Keinosuke later play in Kurosawa's professional life?

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

5. What violent event occurred in Akira Kurosawa's first memory?

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