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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When visiting his father's hometown, Akira was confused when the elders did what?
(a) Kissed his hand.
(b) Toasted him.
(c) Asked after his uncle.
(d) Asked him to read some calligraphy.

2. Why was Akira Kurosawa initially rejected for military service?
(a) He was a home-front asset.
(b) He had an education deferment.
(c) He was too weak.
(d) He was a left-wing protester.

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

4. In Murasaki and Shonagon, how does Kurosawa assume he knew about the literary soldiers he referenced as a child?
(a) Mr. Tachikawa.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His father.
(d) His calligraphy teacher.

5. The mean nickname the children gave Kurosawa at Morimura Gakuen implied that he had tears large as what?
(a) Icicles.
(b) Rice balls.
(c) Gum drops.
(d) Baseballs.

6. Which of the following is not a physical reaction that Kurosawa had to being challenged in primary school?
(a) He wet himself.
(b) He fainted.
(c) He held his breath.
(d) He hyperventilated.

7. In Morimura Gakuen, Kusosawa argues that children should not be judged merely by what?
(a) Economic background.
(b) Ability.
(c) Appearance.
(d) Age.

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

9. What violent event occurred in Akira Kurosawa's first memory?
(a) He fell off a table.
(b) An earthwuake happened.
(c) He was slapped by his mother.
(d) He was born.

10. In Crybaby, how did Kurosawa's older brother try to toughen him up in preparation face bullies?
(a) He forced him to eat a worm.
(b) He calls him bad names.
(c) He pushes him into a river.
(d) He beats him up.

11. In Kendo, what does Kurosawa recall his father doing in the morning during the war years?
(a) Cooking breakfast for the family.
(b) Meditating behind the house.
(c) Watching the children walk to school.
(d) Weeping bitterly in his bedroom.

12. What role did Uekusa Keinosuke later play in Kurosawa's professional life?
(a) Producer.
(b) Assistant Director.
(c) Director of Photography.
(d) Screenwriter.

13. In Kendo, how does Akira Kurosawa characterize his mother in comparison to his father?
(a) Less aware.
(b) More practical.
(c) Less loving.
(d) More sentimental.

14. Who sent Akira to Toyokawa Village for the summer after his fifth grade year?
(a) His military teacher,
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) Mr. Tachikawa.

15. What was the subject of Inagaki Hiroshi's movie Forgotten Children?
(a) Child soldiers.
(b) Retarded children.
(c) Paralyzed children.
(d) Child prostitutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of A Distant Village, Kurosawa says he never felt like what?

2. Where did young Akira's father like to take his son addition to the cinema?

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

4. What ridiculous order did Kurosawa give his platoon as leader?

5. At the end of The Long Red Brick Wall, what did Kurosawa do as he walked to school?

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