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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 9 through 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Morimura Gakuen, what is significant about the young boy that Akira Kurosawa mentions specifically from Forgotten Children?
(a) He is always fighting the other children.
(b) He is twice as tall as the other children.
(c) He isolates himself from the other children.
(d) He is Chinese.

2. In Crybaby, what was the subject of Kurosawa's artwork that Tachikawa praised?
(a) A snake.
(b) A self-portrait.
(c) Smeared colors.
(d) Geometric shapes.

3. With whom dis young Akira explore the destroyed city in A Horrifying Excursion?
(a) His father.
(b) Mr. Tachikawa.
(c) His brother.
(d) Uekusa.

4. In Murasaki and Shonagon, what does Uekusa recall about Kurosawa in school?
(a) He was painfully shy.
(b) All the girls had crushes on him.
(c) He fought other kids often.
(d) He was more popular as he got older.

5. In The Gleam of Fireflies, who wrote a new speech to replace the one young Akira was given?
(a) Mr. Tachikawa.
(b) Uekusa.
(c) Akira.
(d) Akira's older brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the source of explosions that intermittently went off in the wake of September 1, 1923's catastrophe?

2. In Morimura Gakuen, Kusosawa argues that children should not be judged merely by what?

3. What did Kurosawa and Uekusa Keinosuke have in common when they met?

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

5. Why did Akira Kurosawa try to work as fast as possible to finish his calligraphy lessons?

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