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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. Whose help did Akira Kurosawa eventually employ to convince his father to let him quit calligraphy lessons?
(a) His mother.
(b) His kendo teacher.
(c) His older brother.
(d) Mr. Tachikawa.

2. What role did Uekusa Keinosuke later play in Kurosawa's professional life?
(a) Producer.
(b) Assistant Director.
(c) Screenwriter.
(d) Director of Photography.

3. What separated Akira from his contemporaries on set with Yamamoto Kajiro?
(a) He was the only Japan native.
(b) He had never seen Yamamoto Kajiro's films.
(c) He was significantly younger.
(d) He had no degree.

4. After the war, what did Akira make a conscious effort to learn about?
(a) American democracy.
(b) Confucian philosophy.
(c) European drama.
(d) Japanese art.

5. In Kendo, how does Akira Kurosawa characterize his mother in comparison to his father?
(a) Less aware.
(b) More sentimental.
(c) Less loving.
(d) More practical.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was different about The Most Beautiful's shooting concept?

4. How did young Akira avoid falling to his death in the events of A Long Red Brick Wall?

5. What is the name of the leftist group that Kurosawa joined in the 1930's?

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