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

2. What was different about the way Mr. Tachikawa taught art at Kuroda?
(a) He never hung up art work.
(b) He taught the children art history.
(c) He encuraged personal creativity.
(d) He let children decide when they were done with a picture.

3. What colored animal did Akira Kurosawa think his family should have gotten when he was young?
(a) A yellow canary.
(b) A gray cat.
(c) A black dog.
(d) A goldfish.

4. What was the result of Uekusa's telling the girl's father that he loved her in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) He got beaten by the father.
(b) He got one date with her.
(c) He won her hand in marriage.
(d) He never saw her again.

5. What great act of devotion did Uekusa make regarding a girl as a child?
(a) He sent her an orchid every day for a year.
(b) He waited for her all night with a love letter.
(c) He opened every door for her one day.
(d) He painted a portrait of her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role did Uekusa Keinosuke later play in Kurosawa's professional life?

2. In Crybaby, how did Kurosawa's older brother try to toughen him up in preparation face bullies?

3. What was the result of Uekusa's charge up a hill at a group of ruffians in Murasaki and Shonagon?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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