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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 Crybaby, how did Kurosawa's older brother try to toughen him up in preparation face bullies?
(a) He calls him bad names.
(b) He pushes him into a river.
(c) He forced him to eat a worm.
(d) He beats him up.

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

3. What assertion does Kurosawa refute at the beginning of Keika Middle School?
(a) He was afraid of girls.
(b) He never wrote his own screenplays.
(c) He had no physical strength.
(d) He cried at this graduation.

4. What role did Uekusa Keinosuke later play in Kurosawa's professional life?
(a) Screenwriter.
(b) Producer.
(c) Assistant Director.
(d) Director of Photography.

5. On what public conveyance was young Akira during the events of A Long Red Brick Wall?
(a) A tram.
(b) A train.
(c) A rickshaw.
(d) A streetcar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What innovation in movies arrived in the chapter An Alleyway in the Floating World?

3. What relation was Togashi to Akira?

4. Which of the following is not a daily appointment Kurosawa had to keep in childhood?

5. What changed for young Akira after the event of A Long Red Brick Wall?

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