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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 does Kurosawa blame for the failure of Sugata Sanshiro, Part II?
(a) Lack of funding.
(b) Failure to secure the same actors.
(c) His lack of interest.
(d) Excessive censorship.

2. What great act of devotion did Uekusa make regarding a girl as a child?
(a) He painted a portrait of her.
(b) He waited for her all night with a love letter.
(c) He sent her an orchid every day for a year.
(d) He opened every door for her one day.

3. In The Gleam of Fireflies, who wrote a new speech to replace the one young Akira was given?
(a) Akira.
(b) Mr. Tachikawa.
(c) Akira's older brother.
(d) Uekusa.

4. What weakness does Kurosawa concede in Keika Middle School?
(a) He cannot do a chin-up.
(b) He cannot do a sit-up.
(c) He cannot do a squat-thrust.
(d) He cannot run a mile.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In A Story I Don't Want to Tell, who had a premonition that Akira's brother might kill himself?

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

3. After working on Horses, what does Kurosawa spend his life doing besides writing?

4. What resolution did Kurosawa make regarding his new art teacher?

5. Which star's westerns does Kurosawa particularly recall enjoying in Storytellers?

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