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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. Why was young Akira sent to Toyokawa Village?
(a) To learn the art of farming.
(b) To get some fresh air.
(c) To learn about his roots.
(d) To strengthen up.

2. In A Coward and A Weakling, what position was Akira given at the League newspaper?
(a) Op-ed columnist.
(b) Film reviewer.
(c) Beat reporter.
(d) Assistant editor.

3. How did Akira do as a military student?
(a) He passed with flying colors.
(b) He quits and takes an incomplete.
(c) He failed.
(d) He barely passes.

4. In Murasaki and Shonagon, how does Kurosawa assume he knew about the literary soldiers he referenced as a child?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His calligraphy teacher.
(d) Mr. Tachikawa.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At the end of A Bitter War, who did Kurosawa run into from his past?

4. In Honor and Revere, what exam did Kurosawa get 100 percent on?

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

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