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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 33 through 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Naruse Mikio use to build a scene?
(a) Many short shots.
(b) One establishing shot, and some closeups.
(c) Voiceover.
(d) A single, extended shot.

2. What term does Kurosawa use to describe the Japanese censors in A Bitter War?
(a) Obsessive.
(b) Lax.
(c) Bribable.
(d) Nonexistent.

3. What separated Akira from his contemporaries on set with Yamamoto Kajiro?
(a) He had no degree.
(b) He had never seen Yamamoto Kajiro's films.
(c) He was the only Japan native.
(d) He was significantly younger.

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

5. In Crybaby, what was the subject of Kurosawa's artwork that Tachikawa praised?
(a) Smeared colors.
(b) Geometric shapes.
(c) A self-portrait.
(d) A snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ordered Kurosawa to cut a scene from a movie, which he refused?

2. Which is not an additional job that assistant directors had on set with Yamamoto Kajiro?

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

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

5. Why was the shooting of the final fight in Sugata Sanshiro held up for two days?

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