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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 resolution did Kurosawa make regarding his new art teacher?
(a) To work harder to impress him.
(b) To get back at him for his wrongs.
(c) To repay him for his praise.
(d) To ignore his criticism.

2. 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.

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

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

5. In Calligraphy, what is Kurosawa's feeling about his childhood teacher?
(a) His knowledge was inferior.
(b) He expected too little of his pupils.
(c) He was too remote an individual.
(d) He was the smartest man he ever met.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kurosawa's father insist he do if he is to take Kendo lessons?

2. In Kendo, what does Kurosawa recall his father doing in the morning during the war years?

3. In Morimura Gakuen, what is significant about the young boy that Akira Kurosawa mentions specifically from Forgotten Children?

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

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

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