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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. In A Story I Don't Want to Tell, who had a premonition that Akira's brother might kill himself?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His mother.
(c) Akira.
(d) His younger sister.

2. What did Akira decide to do regarding the two speeches he was given to read?
(a) He read the other speech.
(b) He declined to read any speech.
(c) He read the hated teacher's speech.
(d) He improvised at the podium.

3. According to Kurosawa at the end of this section, what is the key to getting good work from actors?
(a) Clarity.
(b) Respect.
(c) Calm.
(d) Passion.

4. In Morimura Gakuen, what is significant about the young boy that Akira Kurosawa mentions specifically from Forgotten Children?
(a) He is twice as tall as the other children.
(b) He isolates himself from the other children.
(c) He is Chinese.
(d) He is always fighting the other children.

5. In An Alleyway in the Floating World, how did the little girl respond to Akira's rescuing her?
(a) She kills herself.
(b) She asks him to put her back.
(c) She barely acknowledges it.
(d) She cries and holds him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Murasaki and Shonagon, how does Kurosawa assume he knew about the literary soldiers he referenced as a child?

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

3. What does Kurosawa blame for the failure of Sugata Sanshiro, Part II?

4. In addition to art, what was young Akira's favorite subject?

5. How did the new art teacher at Kurosawa's school respond to his art work?

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