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

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

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

4. How does Akira characterize the songs of the Taisho age in Japan?
(a) Cacophonous.
(b) Erotic.
(c) Optimistic.
(d) Lugubrious.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What colored animal did Akira Kurosawa think his family should have gotten when he was young?

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

4. What was the result of Uekusa's telling the girl's father that he loved her in Murasaki and Shonagon?

5. In Crybaby, how did Kurosawa's older brother try to toughen him up in preparation face bullies?

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