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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 addition to art, what was young Akira's favorite subject?
(a) Science.
(b) Physical education.
(c) History.
(d) Literature.

2. Why dis Kurosawa get selected for a renowned Kendo School?
(a) He impressed the instructor at a demonstration.
(b) His arms were determined to be of the right length.
(c) He wrote an impassioned letter to the instructor.
(d) He was chosen at random.

3. To what does Akira Kurosawa compare the dead animal from his memory in Babyhood?
(a) Steak.
(b) A plate of spaghetti.
(c) Sushi.
(d) A pile of fancid rice.

4. In The Fragrance of Meiji, the Sounds of Taisho, Kurosawa recalls the smells and sounds of what year in Japan?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1930.

5. How did the new art teacher at Kurosawa's school respond to his art work?
(a) He criticized it harshly.
(b) He barely noticed it.
(c) He praised it intemperately.
(d) He submitted it to agovernmental review.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of The Long Red Brick Wall, what did Kurosawa do as he walked to school?

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

4. What was the result of Uekusa's charge up a hill at a group of ruffians in Murasaki and Shonagon?

5. Why was Akira Kurosawa humiliated in his early memory about his nurse?

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