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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 41 through 48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What violent event occurred in Akira Kurosawa's first memory?
(a) He was born.
(b) He was slapped by his mother.
(c) An earthwuake happened.
(d) He fell off a table.

2. What did Kurosawa and Uekusa Keinosuke have in common when they met?
(a) They both loved film.
(b) They both took kendo lessons.
(c) They both cried all the time.
(d) They were both form Tekeni Prefecture.

3. Who did Uekusa and Akira base the antagonist of The Drunken Angel on?
(a) A bully who once attacked Uekusa.
(b) A Japanese war criminal.
(c) An unlicensed doctor they knew.
(d) The teacher they both hated.

4. What was the result of Uekusa's telling the girl's father that he loved her in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) He never saw her again.
(b) He won her hand in marriage.
(c) He got beaten by the father.
(d) He got one date with her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Kurosawa recall seeing killed by a train at an early age?

2. Which ethnic group was hunted and killed in the darkness following September 1, 1923?

3. Why did Akira apply to PCL at 26?

4. What settled the debate regarding the cutting of the scene?

5. In Keika Middle School, what event did young Akira win at his school?

(see the answer key)

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