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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 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.

2. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) She quietly buys him a new one.
(b) She does not replace it.
(c) She gave him another that belonged to his brother.
(d) She goes back to the site of the duel that night and collects the lost item.

3. With what evocative metaphor does Kurosawa describe his smugness in the second chapter of this section?
(a) Goblin's nose.
(b) Orange skin.
(c) Leopard's tail.
(d) Swollen eye.

4. At the beginning of A Distant Village, Kurosawa says he never felt like what?
(a) A native of a particular region.
(b) A particularly good artist.
(c) A citizen of the World.
(d) A lover of life.

5. What relation was Togashi to Akira?
(a) She was a family friend.
(b) His younger sister.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His great aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Morimura Gakuen, Kusosawa argues that children should not be judged merely by what?

2. Where did young Akira's father like to take his son addition to the cinema?

3. Why was Akira Kurosawa initially rejected for military service?

4. Years later, what does Kurosawa think about his brother's insistence that they explore the carnage in A Horrifying Excursion?

5. At the end of The Fragrance of Meiji, the Sounds of Taisho, Kurosawa says that is sorry children of today do not have what?

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