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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 ridiculous order did Kurosawa give his platoon as leader?
(a) He directs them to to fire in the air.
(b) He orders them to go to sleep.
(c) He marches them into a wall.
(d) He orders them to take off their clothes.

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

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

4. What resolution did Kurosawa make regarding his new art teacher?
(a) To repay him for his praise.
(b) To ignore his criticism.
(c) To work harder to impress him.
(d) To get back at him for his wrongs.

5. Which star's westerns does Kurosawa particularly recall enjoying in Storytellers?
(a) William S. Hart.
(b) John Wayne.
(c) Roy Rogers.
(d) Clint Eastwood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the leftist group that Kurosawa joined in the 1930's?

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

3. What innovation in movies arrived in the chapter An Alleyway in the Floating World?

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

5. What was the result of Uekusa's telling the girl's father that he loved her in Murasaki and Shonagon?

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