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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 act by Uekusa in Murasaki and Shonagon surprised and infuriated Kurosawa at the time?
(a) He made a picture that Tachikawa liked.
(b) He charged a gang of bullies.
(c) He asked out a girl Kurosawa liked.
(d) He lost Kurosawa's favorite robe.

2. What weakness does Kurosawa concede in Keika Middle School?
(a) He cannot run a mile.
(b) He cannot do a squat-thrust.
(c) He cannot do a sit-up.
(d) He cannot do a chin-up.

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

4. Why did the censors remove a gate from a Kurosawa film?
(a) It was shot on a state holiday.
(b) They thought it was a vaginal metaphor.
(c) They did not want any films over 90 minutes.
(d) The gate had an imperial symbol on it.

5. In The Fragrance of Meiji, the Sounds of Taisho, Kurosawa recalls the smells and sounds of what year in Japan?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1947.

Short Answer Questions

1. What love besides movies did Akira's father pass down to him?

2. In Murasaki and Shonagon, what does Uekusa recall about Kurosawa in school?

3. What did young Akira do in Toyokawa Village to impress his fellow young people?

4. What is the name of the leftist group that Kurosawa joined in the 1930's?

5. What assertion does Kurosawa refute at the beginning of Keika Middle School?

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