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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 Crybaby, what honor was eventually given with the assistance of Mr. Tachikawa?
(a) Represntative to the Imperial Coucil.
(b) Prom king.
(c) Class President.
(d) Flag bearer.

2. What new aspect of the curriculum was added to Akira's life in fifth grade?
(a) Military training.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Culinary arts.
(d) Foreign landguages.

3. In A Story I Don't Want to Tell, who had a premonition that Akira's brother might kill himself?
(a) Akira.
(b) His younger sister.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His mother.

4. What innovation in movies arrived in the chapter An Alleyway in the Floating World?
(a) 3-D.
(b) Color photography.
(c) Talkies.
(d) Panorama.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Akira Kurosawa initially rejected for military service?

2. What did Kurosawa lose in his duel with the gang of students that attack him in Murasaki and Shonagon?

3. In Kendo, how does Akira Kurosawa characterize his mother in comparison to his father?

4. In The Fragrance of Meiji, the Sounds of Taisho, Kurosawa recalls the smells and sounds of what year in Japan?

5. What great act of devotion did Uekusa make regarding a girl as a child?

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