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

2. What subject was Kurosawa's older brother in love with when he failed his final exam?
(a) Kendo.
(b) Foreign literature.
(c) Calligraphy.
(d) Architecture.

3. What was the result of Uekusa's charge up a hill at a group of ruffians in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) He chased them off.
(b) He was beaten with rods.
(c) He was knocked unconscious.
(d) He became leader og their group.

4. What changed for Akira Kurosawa after the fight described in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) He became more dedicated to his Kendo lessons.
(b) No one every tried to fight him again.
(c) He had to take a longer rout to his lessons.
(d) He had to fight the kids every time he walked to his lessons.

5. In Crybaby, what honor was eventually given with the assistance of Mr. Tachikawa?
(a) Prom king.
(b) Represntative to the Imperial Coucil.
(c) Class President.
(d) Flag bearer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why was Akira Kurosawa humiliated in his early memory about his nurse?

4. What two virtues did Kurosawa's father attribute to movies in Babyhood?

5. From what book are the two soldiers that Kurosawa used to describe himself and Uekusa as children?

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