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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 41 through 48.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was the shooting of the final fight in Sugata Sanshiro held up for two days?
(a) It was not written yet.
(b) There was no wind.
(c) An actor though it was unsafe.
(d) Kurosawa could not finish his shot list.

3. What was the result of Uekusa's charge up a hill at a group of ruffians in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) He was knocked unconscious.
(b) He was beaten with rods.
(c) He became leader og their group.
(d) He chased them off.

4. Which of Akira's family members died during the filming of The Drunken Angel?
(a) His older sister.
(b) His Aunt.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

5. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) She does not replace it.
(b) She quietly buys him a new one.
(c) She goes back to the site of the duel that night and collects the lost item.
(d) She gave him another that belonged to his brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what public conveyance was young Akira during the events of A Long Red Brick Wall?

2. In A Story I Don't Want to Tell, who had a premonition that Akira's brother might kill himself?

3. What is The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail based on?

4. Why was young Akira sent to Toyokawa Village?

5. What was Fushimizu Shu's film specialty?

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