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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 9 through 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As told in Storytellers, what image in a movie reduced young Akira to inconsolable tears?
(a) An old man's suicide.
(b) A dying sled dog.
(c) A paralyzed infant.
(d) An Egyptian slave girl.

2. What did Kurosawa's father insist he do if he is to take Kendo lessons?
(a) Give up art lessons.
(b) Read Lao Tsu.
(c) Make daily offering at a temple.
(d) Get straight A's at school.

3. Why dis Kurosawa get selected for a renowned Kendo School?
(a) He was chosen at random.
(b) He wrote an impassioned letter to the instructor.
(c) His arms were determined to be of the right length.
(d) He impressed the instructor at a demonstration.

4. In Keika Middle School, what event did young Akira win at his school?
(a) The shotput.
(b) The high jump.
(c) The mini-marathon.
(d) The sprint.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?

4. What colored animal did Akira Kurosawa think his family should have gotten when he was young?

5. What was the subject of Inagaki Hiroshi's movie Forgotten Children?

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