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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 adjective did the censors use to describe their problems with Sugata Sanshiro?
(a) American.
(b) Decadent.
(c) Insinuating.
(d) Subversive.

2. What job in the movies did Kurosawa's brother take in the 1930's?
(a) Photographer.
(b) Set dresser.
(c) Narrator.
(d) Assistant director.

3. What was Fushimizu Shu's film specialty?
(a) Romances.
(b) Musicals.
(c) Horror films.
(d) Family dramas.

4. Which of the following is not a daily appointment Kurosawa had to keep in childhood?
(a) Visiting Mr. Tachikawa.
(b) Calligraphy lessons.
(c) Visiting his grandmother.
(d) Kendo lessons.

5. What did Kurosawa lose in his duel with the gang of students that attack him in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) His bamboo rod.
(b) His kendo outift.
(c) His school books.
(d) His bento box.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the result of Uekusa's telling the girl's father that he loved her in Murasaki and Shonagon?

2. What term does Kurosawa use to describe the Japanese censors in A Bitter War?

3. What terrifying job did Yamamoto Kajiro give Akira as chief assistant?

4. How were the streets of Kurosawa's neighborhood lit the on night of September 1, 1923?

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

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