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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What relation was Togashi to Akira?
(a) His great aunt.
(b) His younger sister.
(c) She was a family friend.
(d) His grandmother.

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

6. What subject was Kurosawa's older brother in love with when he failed his final exam?
(a) Kendo.
(b) Foreign literature.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Calligraphy.

7. Where did young Akira's father like to take his son addition to the cinema?
(a) To picnics in the park.
(b) To cricket matches.
(c) To the local shrines.
(d) To master storytellers.

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

9. How does Akira characterize the songs of the Taisho age in Japan?
(a) Cacophonous.
(b) Erotic.
(c) Lugubrious.
(d) Optimistic.

10. What did Kurosawa's teachers at Morimura Gakuen mistakenly believe about him?
(a) He was a musical prodigy.
(b) He was mentally challenged.
(c) He was two years older than he was.
(d) He was American.

11. In addition to art, what was young Akira's favorite subject?
(a) Science.
(b) Literature.
(c) Physical education.
(d) History.

12. In Calligraphy, what is Kurosawa's feeling about his childhood teacher?
(a) He was the smartest man he ever met.
(b) He was too remote an individual.
(c) He expected too little of his pupils.
(d) His knowledge was inferior.

13. What resolution did Kurosawa make regarding his new art teacher?
(a) To work harder to impress him.
(b) To get back at him for his wrongs.
(c) To repay him for his praise.
(d) To ignore his criticism.

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

15. Years later, what does Kurosawa think about his brother's insistence that they explore the carnage in A Horrifying Excursion?
(a) It was good for him.
(b) It was a terrible idea.
(c) His brother was trying to prove himself.
(d) They should have helped more people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new aspect of the curriculum was added to Akira's life in fifth grade?

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

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

4. In Honor and Revere, what exam did Kurosawa get 100 percent on?

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

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