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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 sports.
(b) Love of fine food.
(c) Love of reading.
(d) Love of beautiful woman.

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

3. What did the Kendo instructor at Kurosawa's school do that ingratiated him to Kurosawa?
(a) Used a dirty word.
(b) Bowed to him.
(c) Picked him up in a bout.
(d) Complimented his form.

4. At the end of The Fragrance of Meiji, the Sounds of Taisho, Kurosawa says that is sorry children of today do not have what?
(a) The sounds of his childhood.
(b) The quality of food he had.
(c) The sense of national pride he had.
(d) The fresh air he had.

5. What role did Uekusa Keinosuke later play in Kurosawa's professional life?
(a) Assistant Director.
(b) Producer.
(c) Director of Photography.
(d) Screenwriter.

Short Answer Questions

1. The mean nickname the children gave Kurosawa at Morimura Gakuen implied that he had tears large as what?

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

3. In Kendo, how does Akira Kurosawa characterize his mother in comparison to his father?

4. Where is young Akira in his earliest memory?

5. What animal does Kurosawa recall seeing killed by a train at an early age?

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