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

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

3. What changed for Akira Kurosawa after the fight described in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) No one every tried to fight him again.
(b) He became more dedicated to his Kendo lessons.
(c) He had to take a longer rout to his lessons.
(d) He had to fight the kids every time he walked to his lessons.

4. How many family members did Akira Kurosawa lose in the events of September 1, 1923?
(a) None.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

5. What enemy of Kurosawa's disappeared with the end of World War II?
(a) The censor board.
(b) The military tribunal.
(c) An unscrupulous producer.
(d) A rival director.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion did Mifune Toshiro choose to present in his audition from Akira Kurosawa?

2. In The Gleam of Fireflies, why was Kurosawa uncomfortable with the speech given him?

3. How was Akira Kurosawa affected by seeing Forgotten Children in the theater?

4. In Crybaby, what was the subject of Kurosawa's artwork that Tachikawa praised?

5. Where is young Akira in his earliest memory?

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