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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. How old was Kurosawa when he got married?
(a) 40.
(b) 23.
(c) 35.
(d) 29.

2. What subject was Kurosawa's older brother in love with when he failed his final exam?
(a) Foreign literature.
(b) Calligraphy.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Kendo.

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

4. Why was the shooting of the final fight in Sugata Sanshiro held up for two days?
(a) Kurosawa could not finish his shot list.
(b) An actor though it was unsafe.
(c) There was no wind.
(d) It was not written yet.

5. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) She gave him another that belonged to his brother.
(b) She does not replace it.
(c) She quietly buys him a new one.
(d) She goes back to the site of the duel that night and collects the lost item.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Kendo, what does Kurosawa recall his father doing in the morning during the war years?

2. What memory brings tears to Kurosawa's eyes as he recalls it in Whirlwind?

3. What was the first position Akira took under Yamamoto Kajiro?

4. Why did the censors remove a gate from a Kurosawa film?

5. What was the source of explosions that intermittently went off in the wake of September 1, 1923's catastrophe?

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