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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. What did the Kendo instructor at Kurosawa's school do that ingratiated him to Kurosawa?
(a) Picked him up in a bout.
(b) Used a dirty word.
(c) Bowed to him.
(d) Complimented his form.

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

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

4. What act by Uekusa in Murasaki and Shonagon surprised and infuriated Kurosawa at the time?
(a) He lost Kurosawa's favorite robe.
(b) He charged a gang of bullies.
(c) He made a picture that Tachikawa liked.
(d) He asked out a girl Kurosawa liked.

5. In Calligraphy, what is Kurosawa's feeling about his childhood teacher?
(a) He expected too little of his pupils.
(b) He was too remote an individual.
(c) He was the smartest man he ever met.
(d) His knowledge was inferior.

Short Answer Questions

1. The mean nickname the children gave Kurosawa at Morimura Gakuen implied that he had tears large as what?

2. In The Gleam of Fireflies, what grade was young Akira graduating from?

3. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?

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

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

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