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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 49 through Epilogue.

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) Excessive censorship.
(d) His lack of interest.

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

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

4. Which star's westerns does Kurosawa particularly recall enjoying in Storytellers?
(a) John Wayne.
(b) Clint Eastwood.
(c) Roy Rogers.
(d) William S. Hart.

5. What era was Kurosawa trying to capture in The Stray Dog?
(a) Wartime Japan.
(b) Medieval Japan.
(c) Turn of the century Japan.
(d) Post-war Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Morimura Gakuen, what is significant about the young boy that Akira Kurosawa mentions specifically from Forgotten Children?

2. Years later, what does Kurosawa think about his brother's insistence that they explore the carnage in A Horrifying Excursion?

3. What violent event occurred in Akira Kurosawa's first memory?

4. Why was young Akira sent to Toyokawa Village?

5. What innovation made One Wonderful Sunday a sensation in Paris?

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