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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. In Morimura Gakuen, what is significant about the young boy that Akira Kurosawa mentions specifically from Forgotten Children?
(a) He is twice as tall as the other children.
(b) He is Chinese.
(c) He isolates himself from the other children.
(d) He is always fighting the other children.

2. Which famed director observed the filming of The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail while the US was occupying Japan?
(a) Howard Hawks.
(b) John Ford.
(c) Orson Welles.
(d) Frank Capra.

3. What changed for Akira Kurosawa after the fight described in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) He had to fight the kids every time he walked to his lessons.
(b) He had to take a longer rout to his lessons.
(c) No one every tried to fight him again.
(d) He became more dedicated to his Kendo lessons.

4. Where is young Akira in his earliest memory?
(a) A wash basin.
(b) The womb.
(c) A crib.
(d) His mother's arms.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Akira angered the first time he saw Rashomon on television?

2. In Keika Middle School, what event did young Akira win at his school?

3. What does Kurosawa admit he suffers from at the very end of SOMETHING LIKE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY?

4. When does Kurosawa traditionally use the song The Cuckoo Waltz in his films?

5. What two virtues did Kurosawa's father attribute to movies in Babyhood?

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