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

2. What did Kurosawa and Uekusa Keinosuke have in common when they met?
(a) They both took kendo lessons.
(b) They both loved film.
(c) They both cried all the time.
(d) They were both form Tekeni Prefecture.

3. In Crybaby, how did Kurosawa's older brother try to toughen him up in preparation face bullies?
(a) He pushes him into a river.
(b) He calls him bad names.
(c) He forced him to eat a worm.
(d) He beats him up.

4. Why did Akira Kurosawa try to work as fast as possible to finish his calligraphy lessons?
(a) To visit Mr. Tachikawa sooner.
(b) To get home and take a nap.
(c) To get away from his instructor as quickly as possible.
(d) To become a more efficient calligrapher.

5. What was the subject of Inagaki Hiroshi's movie Forgotten Children?
(a) Retarded children.
(b) Paralyzed children.
(c) Child prostitutes.
(d) Child soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Akira characterize the songs of the Taisho age in Japan?

4. Which of the following is not a physical reaction that Kurosawa had to being challenged in primary school?

5. What was different about the way Mr. Tachikawa taught art at Kuroda?

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