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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. What memory brings tears to Kurosawa's eyes as he recalls it in Whirlwind?
(a) Mr. Tachikawa's dismissal.
(b) Uekusa's lack of popularity.
(c) His brother's failure.
(d) His sister's death.

2. What catastrophic event happened on September 1, 1923?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A typhoon.
(d) A firebombing.

3. Why was Akira Kurosawa humiliated in his early memory about his nurse?
(a) She dressed him like a girl.
(b) She never changed his diaper.
(c) She held him while using the toilet.
(d) She batted him around like a kitten.

4. What violent event occurred in Akira Kurosawa's first memory?
(a) He was slapped by his mother.
(b) An earthwuake happened.
(c) He fell off a table.
(d) He was born.

5. From what book are the two soldiers that Kurosawa used to describe himself and Uekusa as children?
(a) The Mahabarata.
(b) The Pillow Book.
(c) Henry V.
(d) Taketori Monogatari.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Akira characterize the songs of the Taisho age in Japan?

2. What was different about the way Mr. Tachikawa taught art at Kuroda?

3. In Murasaki and Shonagon, how does Kurosawa assume he knew about the literary soldiers he referenced as a child?

4. In The Gleam of Fireflies, why was Kurosawa uncomfortable with the speech given him?

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

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