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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) 29.
(b) 40.
(c) 23.
(d) 35.

2. With whom dis young Akira explore the destroyed city in A Horrifying Excursion?
(a) Uekusa.
(b) Mr. Tachikawa.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

3. In Negative and Positive, what did an actor tell Akira his first day as an assistant director?
(a) He is smarter than the director.
(b) He'll never make it in the industry.
(c) He looks like his brother.
(d) He should write for the movies.

4. In A Story I Don't Want to Tell, who had a premonition that Akira's brother might kill himself?
(a) Akira.
(b) His mother.
(c) His younger sister.
(d) His grandfather.

5. What innovation made One Wonderful Sunday a sensation in Paris?
(a) Disjointed chronology.
(b) Use of multiple languages.
(c) Surreal dream sequences.
(d) Audience interaction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famed director observed the filming of The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail while the US was occupying Japan?

2. Which of the following is not a physical reaction that Kurosawa had to being challenged in primary school?

3. Which is not an additional job that assistant directors had on set with Yamamoto Kajiro?

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

5. Where did Kurosawa choose to shoot the fight scene from Sugata Sanshiro?

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