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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. Which is not an additional job that assistant directors had on set with Yamamoto Kajiro?
(a) Serving as extras.
(b) Screenwriting.
(c) Editing.
(d) Giving actor's direction.

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

3. How does Kurosawa describe the style of institution that Kuroda Primary School is?
(a) A traditional Japanese school.
(b) A highly westernized school.
(c) A military-type school.
(d) A special needs school.

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

5. How did young Akira look different than his brother?
(a) He had a positive expression.
(b) He was shorter.
(c) He parted his hair on the other side.
(d) He was paler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What world event caused the Japanese to censor domestic film, including Kurosawa's A German at Daruma Temple?

2. What innovation in movies arrived in the chapter An Alleyway in the Floating World?

3. What is the PCL?

4. What did the Kendo instructor at Kurosawa's school do that ingratiated him to Kurosawa?

5. How many family members did Akira Kurosawa lose in the events of September 1, 1923?

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