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

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

3. What two virtues did Kurosawa's father attribute to movies in Babyhood?
(a) Commericial and artistic.
(b) Entertaining and educational.
(c) Stimulating and patriotic.
(d) Escapist and productive.

4. From what book are the two soldiers that Kurosawa used to describe himself and Uekusa as children?
(a) Henry V.
(b) The Pillow Book.
(c) Taketori Monogatari.
(d) The Mahabarata.

5. In Kendo, what does Kurosawa recall his father doing in the morning during the war years?
(a) Cooking breakfast for the family.
(b) Meditating behind the house.
(c) Watching the children walk to school.
(d) Weeping bitterly in his bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the subject of Inagaki Hiroshi's movie Forgotten Children?

2. Why dis Kurosawa get selected for a renowned Kendo School?

3. At the end of The Fragrance of Meiji, the Sounds of Taisho, Kurosawa says that is sorry children of today do not have what?

4. In Crybaby, what was the subject of Kurosawa's artwork that Tachikawa praised?

5. In Murasaki and Shonagon, what does Uekusa recall about Kurosawa in school?

(see the answer key)

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