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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the new art teacher at Kurosawa's school respond to his art work?
(a) He submitted it to agovernmental review.
(b) He praised it intemperately.
(c) He criticized it harshly.
(d) He barely noticed it.

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

3. What item that a doctor ordered Togashi to eat does Akira Kurosawa blame for her death?
(a) Elderberries.
(b) Ginger.
(c) Tree roots.
(d) Mushrooms.

4. What memory brings tears to Kurosawa's eyes as he recalls it in Whirlwind?
(a) His sister's death.
(b) Uekusa's lack of popularity.
(c) His brother's failure.
(d) Mr. Tachikawa's dismissal.

5. Reading his family tree, young Akira realize his ancestors included whom?
(a) Emperors.
(b) A famous imperial artist.
(c) Ballistics experts.
(d) Great warriors.

6. Why dis Kurosawa get selected for a renowned Kendo School?
(a) He was chosen at random.
(b) He wrote an impassioned letter to the instructor.
(c) He impressed the instructor at a demonstration.
(d) His arms were determined to be of the right length.

7. What is the name of the leftist group that Kurosawa joined in the 1930's?
(a) Workers Creative Alliance.
(b) Proletariat Artist League.
(c) Artists Against Subjugation.
(d) United Writers Front.

8. In The Gleam of Fireflies, why was Kurosawa uncomfortable with the speech given him?
(a) It is poorly worded.
(b) It lauds the teacher he hates.
(c) It is not of his own creation.
(d) It is distinctly pro-military.

9. How many family members did Akira Kurosawa lose in the events of September 1, 1923?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) None.

10. In what type of structure did the old man mentioned at the end of A Distant Village live?
(a) A hovel.
(b) A tent.
(c) A trench.
(d) A lean-to.

11. What animal does Kurosawa recall seeing killed by a train at an early age?
(a) A possum.
(b) A dog.
(c) A pony.
(d) A cow.

12. What two virtues did Kurosawa's father attribute to movies in Babyhood?
(a) Escapist and productive.
(b) Commericial and artistic.
(c) Entertaining and educational.
(d) Stimulating and patriotic.

13. In A Distant Village, what did Akira do when after he got drunk on sake?
(a) He vomited on his cousin.
(b) He kissed a strange woman.
(c) He fell in a rice paddy.
(d) He passed out next to a water ox.

14. How were the streets of Kurosawa's neighborhood lit the on night of September 1, 1923?
(a) Candles.
(b) Torches.
(c) Fireflies.
(d) Emergency generators.

15. In Crybaby, what was the subject of Kurosawa's artwork that Tachikawa praised?
(a) A snake.
(b) Smeared colors.
(c) Geometric shapes.
(d) A self-portrait.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Morimura Gakuen, Kusosawa argues that children should not be judged merely by what?

2. What did Kurosawa and Uekusa Keinosuke have in common when they met?

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

4. In Crybaby, how did Kurosawa's older brother try to toughen him up in preparation face bullies?

5. How does Akira characterize the songs of the Taisho age in Japan?

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