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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 The Gleam of Fireflies, why was Kurosawa uncomfortable with the speech given him?
(a) It is distinctly pro-military.
(b) It is not of his own creation.
(c) It lauds the teacher he hates.
(d) It is poorly worded.

2. What changed for young Akira after the event of A Long Red Brick Wall?
(a) He walked to school.
(b) He never rode the train at rush hour.
(c) Nothing changed.
(d) He always went to school with Uekusa.

3. What did Akira decide to do regarding the two speeches he was given to read?
(a) He read the hated teacher's speech.
(b) He declined to read any speech.
(c) He read the other speech.
(d) He improvised at the podium.

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

5. How does Kurosawa describe the style of institution that Kuroda Primary School is?
(a) A special needs school.
(b) A highly westernized school.
(c) A military-type school.
(d) A traditional Japanese school.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Akira characterize the songs of the Taisho age in Japan?

2. In Morimura Gakuen, what is significant about the young boy that Akira Kurosawa mentions specifically from Forgotten Children?

3. Which of the following is not a daily appointment Kurosawa had to keep in childhood?

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

5. In Kendo, what does Kurosawa recall his father doing in the morning during the war years?

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