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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 5 through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What violent event occurred in Akira Kurosawa's first memory?
(a) He was slapped by his mother.
(b) He was born.
(c) An earthwuake happened.
(d) He fell off a table.

2. What memory brings tears to Kurosawa's eyes as he recalls it in Whirlwind?
(a) Mr. Tachikawa's dismissal.
(b) His brother's failure.
(c) Uekusa's lack of popularity.
(d) His sister's death.

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

4. Why was Akira Kurosawa humiliated in his early memory about his nurse?
(a) She batted him around like a kitten.
(b) She never changed his diaper.
(c) She held him while using the toilet.
(d) She dressed him like a girl.

5. How did the new art teacher at Kurosawa's school respond to his art work?
(a) He barely noticed it.
(b) He submitted it to agovernmental review.
(c) He criticized it harshly.
(d) He praised it intemperately.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is young Akira in his earliest memory?

2. What did Kurosawa's teachers at Morimura Gakuen mistakenly believe about him?

3. Why did Akira Kurosawa try to work as fast as possible to finish his calligraphy lessons?

4. How does Kurosawa describe the style of institution that Kuroda Primary School is?

5. What love besides movies did Akira's father pass down to him?

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