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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. How does Kurosawa describe the style of institution that Kuroda Primary School is?
(a) A traditional Japanese school.
(b) A military-type school.
(c) A special needs school.
(d) A highly westernized school.

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

3. In Crybaby, what was the subject of Kurosawa's artwork that Tachikawa praised?
(a) Smeared colors.
(b) A self-portrait.
(c) A snake.
(d) Geometric shapes.

4. What love besides movies did Akira's father pass down to him?
(a) Love of beautiful woman.
(b) Love of sports.
(c) Love of fine food.
(d) Love of reading.

5. In Morimura Gakuen, what is significant about the young boy that Akira Kurosawa mentions specifically from Forgotten Children?
(a) He is Chinese.
(b) He is always fighting the other children.
(c) He is twice as tall as the other children.
(d) He isolates himself from the other children.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Kurosawa and Uekusa Keinosuke have in common when they met?

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