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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 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.

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

3. To what does Akira Kurosawa compare the dead animal from his memory in Babyhood?
(a) A pile of fancid rice.
(b) A plate of spaghetti.
(c) Steak.
(d) Sushi.

4. In Murasaki and Shonagon, what does Uekusa recall about Kurosawa in school?
(a) He was more popular as he got older.
(b) He fought other kids often.
(c) All the girls had crushes on him.
(d) He was painfully shy.

5. 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 never saw her again.
(c) He won her hand in marriage.
(d) He got one date with her.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Whose help did Akira Kurosawa eventually employ to convince his father to let him quit calligraphy lessons?

4. What love besides movies did Akira's father pass down to him?

5. How did the new art teacher at Kurosawa's school respond to his art work?

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