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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. What was Yaguchi Yoko's job on The Most Beautiful?
(a) Art director.
(b) Head of makeup.
(c) Assistant director.
(d) Actress.

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

3. How was the Keika Middle School destroyed?
(a) It collapsed in the earthquake.
(b) It was flooded by the tsunami.
(c) It became infested with termines.
(d) It burned down.

4. In Negative and Positive, what did an actor tell Akira his first day as an assistant director?
(a) He should write for the movies.
(b) He'll never make it in the industry.
(c) He is smarter than the director.
(d) He looks like his brother.

5. Which is not an additional job that assistant directors had on set with Yamamoto Kajiro?
(a) Screenwriting.
(b) Editing.
(c) Giving actor's direction.
(d) Serving as extras.

Short Answer Questions

1. What resolution did Kurosawa make regarding his new art teacher?

2. What was different about the way Mr. Tachikawa taught art at Kuroda?

3. How did film-goers know that a particular night shot in Sugata Sanshiro was shot during the day?

4. How does Mr. Iwamatsu respond to students who are struggling with exams?

5. What did Akira's brother do three days before killing himself?

(see the answer key)

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