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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. How was Akira Kurosawa affected by seeing Forgotten Children in the theater?
(a) He becomes ill and walks out.
(b) He gives it a standing ovation.
(c) He loudly protests that it is lousy.
(d) He weeps uncontrollably.

2. What innovation in movies arrived in the chapter An Alleyway in the Floating World?
(a) Panorama.
(b) Talkies.
(c) 3-D.
(d) Color photography.

3. What terrifying job did Yamamoto Kajiro give Akira as chief assistant?
(a) Delivering notes to the lead actors.
(b) Scheduling shoot dates.
(c) Interfacing with the studio heads.
(d) Editing the film.

4. In An Alleyway in the Floating World, how did the little girl respond to Akira's rescuing her?
(a) She barely acknowledges it.
(b) She cries and holds him.
(c) She kills herself.
(d) She asks him to put her back.

5. What did Kurosawa lose in his duel with the gang of students that attack him in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) His kendo outift.
(b) His bamboo rod.
(c) His school books.
(d) His bento box.

Short Answer Questions

1. What act by Uekusa in Murasaki and Shonagon surprised and infuriated Kurosawa at the time?

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

3. Where did young Akira's father like to take his son addition to the cinema?

4. In addition to art, what was young Akira's favorite subject?

5. What separated Akira from his contemporaries on set with Yamamoto Kajiro?

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