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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 love besides movies did Akira's father pass down to him?
(a) Love of fine food.
(b) Love of sports.
(c) Love of reading.
(d) Love of beautiful woman.

2. What subject was Kurosawa's older brother in love with when he failed his final exam?
(a) Kendo.
(b) Calligraphy.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Foreign literature.

3. In Murasaki and Shonagon, how does Kurosawa assume he knew about the literary soldiers he referenced as a child?
(a) His father.
(b) Mr. Tachikawa.
(c) His calligraphy teacher.
(d) His grandmother.

4. What did Kurosawa's teachers at Morimura Gakuen mistakenly believe about him?
(a) He was two years older than he was.
(b) He was mentally challenged.
(c) He was a musical prodigy.
(d) He was American.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is young Akira in his earliest memory?

2. Whose help did Akira Kurosawa eventually employ to convince his father to let him quit calligraphy lessons?

3. What act by Uekusa in Murasaki and Shonagon surprised and infuriated Kurosawa at the time?

4. What colored animal did Akira Kurosawa think his family should have gotten when he was young?

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

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