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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 batted him around like a kitten.
(b) She never changed his diaper.
(c) She dressed him like a girl.
(d) She held him while using the toilet.

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

3. What animal does Kurosawa recall seeing killed by a train at an early age?
(a) A cow.
(b) A possum.
(c) A dog.
(d) A pony.

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

5. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) She quietly buys him a new one.
(b) She does not replace it.
(c) She goes back to the site of the duel that night and collects the lost item.
(d) She gave him another that belonged to his brother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not a daily appointment Kurosawa had to keep in childhood?

3. What great act of devotion did Uekusa make regarding a girl as a child?

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

5. What subject was Kurosawa's older brother in love with when he failed his final exam?

(see the answer key)

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