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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What act by Uekusa in Murasaki and Shonagon surprised and infuriated Kurosawa at the time?
(a) He lost Kurosawa's favorite robe.
(b) He asked out a girl Kurosawa liked.
(c) He charged a gang of bullies.
(d) He made a picture that Tachikawa liked.

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

3. In Crybaby, what honor was eventually given with the assistance of Mr. Tachikawa?
(a) Represntative to the Imperial Coucil.
(b) Flag bearer.
(c) Prom king.
(d) Class President.

4. How was Akira Kurosawa affected by seeing Forgotten Children in the theater?
(a) He weeps uncontrollably.
(b) He becomes ill and walks out.
(c) He loudly protests that it is lousy.
(d) He gives it a standing ovation.

5. What weakness does Kurosawa concede in Keika Middle School?
(a) He cannot do a chin-up.
(b) He cannot do a squat-thrust.
(c) He cannot run a mile.
(d) He cannot do a sit-up.

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

7. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) She gave him another that belonged to his brother.
(b) She quietly buys him a new one.
(c) She does not replace it.
(d) She goes back to the site of the duel that night and collects the lost item.

8. As told in Storytellers, what image in a movie reduced young Akira to inconsolable tears?
(a) An old man's suicide.
(b) A paralyzed infant.
(c) An Egyptian slave girl.
(d) A dying sled dog.

9. How does Mr. Iwamatsu respond to students who are struggling with exams?
(a) He shrugs.
(b) He helps them through problems.
(c) He mocks them mercilessly.
(d) He tells them the answers.

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

11. What changed for young Akira after the event of A Long Red Brick Wall?
(a) He always went to school with Uekusa.
(b) He walked to school.
(c) He never rode the train at rush hour.
(d) Nothing changed.

12. With what evocative metaphor does Kurosawa describe his smugness in the second chapter of this section?
(a) Goblin's nose.
(b) Orange skin.
(c) Swollen eye.
(d) Leopard's tail.

13. How did Akira do as a military student?
(a) He failed.
(b) He barely passes.
(c) He passed with flying colors.
(d) He quits and takes an incomplete.

14. Which ethnic group was hunted and killed in the darkness following September 1, 1923?
(a) Taiwanese.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Koreans.
(d) Russians.

15. How did young Akira avoid falling to his death in the events of A Long Red Brick Wall?
(a) He tucked and rolled.
(b) The vehicle stopped in time.
(c) Another rider held onto him.
(d) He grabbed a railing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What catastrophic event happened on September 1, 1923?

2. What was the subject of Inagaki Hiroshi's movie Forgotten Children?

3. In addition to art, what was young Akira's favorite subject?

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

5. What role did Uekusa Keinosuke later play in Kurosawa's professional life?

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