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

2. What is the PCL?
(a) A massage parlor.
(b) A film school.
(c) A photo lab.
(d) A sales firm.

3. What settled the debate regarding the cutting of the scene?
(a) An actors' strike.
(b) A court order.
(c) A drinking contest.
(d) A treat of firing.

4. What new aspect of the curriculum was added to Akira's life in fifth grade?
(a) Culinary arts.
(b) Foreign landguages.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Military training.

5. Why was PCL first established?
(a) To develop military technology.
(b) To stock chain stores with simple film.
(c) To research for sound films.
(d) To provide film for spy planes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Gleam of Fireflies, why was Kurosawa uncomfortable with the speech given him?

2. What did Naruse Mikio use to build a scene?

3. What weakness does Kurosawa concede in Keika Middle School?

4. With what evocative metaphor does Kurosawa describe his smugness in the second chapter of this section?

5. Why dis Kurosawa get selected for a renowned Kendo School?

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