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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 does Mr. Iwamatsu respond to students who are struggling with exams?
(a) He helps them through problems.
(b) He tells them the answers.
(c) He shrugs.
(d) He mocks them mercilessly.

2. In An Alleyway in the Floating World, what bothered Akira about his brother's tenement?
(a) It is barely ventilated.
(b) It is incredibly overpriced.
(c) It is in a Korean area of town,
(d) It is riddled with crime.

3. What happened to Akira and his wife's first house?
(a) It burned in a brush fire.
(b) It collapsed in an earthquake.
(c) It was condemned by the state.
(d) It was bombed.

4. Who became terrified when they happened upon the shoot of Sugata Sanshiro, Part II?
(a) A group of campers.
(b) A group of elders.
(c) A group of skiers.
(d) A women's society.

5. What did Kurosawa's teachers at Morimura Gakuen mistakenly believe about him?
(a) He was American.
(b) He was mentally challenged.
(c) He was a musical prodigy.
(d) He was two years older than he was.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is young Akira in his earliest memory?

2. Why was young Akira sent to Toyokawa Village?

3. At the end of Marriage, how did Akira decide to make more money?

4. In what two subjects did young Akira fail his exams in this section?

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

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