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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 Akira primarily worry about concerning being a part of the Proletariat Artists League?
(a) Disgracing his family.
(b) Looking like a weakling.
(c) Missing his appointments with Mr. Tachikawa.
(d) Sounding foolish in from of the other members.

2. In what type of structure did the old man mentioned at the end of A Distant Village live?
(a) A lean-to.
(b) A tent.
(c) A trench.
(d) A hovel.

3. What job in the movies did Kurosawa's brother take in the 1930's?
(a) Photographer.
(b) Set dresser.
(c) Narrator.
(d) Assistant director.

4. What love besides movies did Akira's father pass down to him?
(a) Love of sports.
(b) Love of reading.
(c) Love of fine food.
(d) Love of beautiful woman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Akira apply to PCL at 26?

2. What violent event occurred in Akira Kurosawa's first memory?

3. What animal does Kurosawa recall seeing killed by a train at an early age?

4. What changed for young Akira after the event of A Long Red Brick Wall?

5. Where was Akira directing when Yamamoto Kajiro took ill and died?

(see the answer key)

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