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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what public conveyance was young Akira during the events of A Long Red Brick Wall?
(a) A streetcar.
(b) A tram.
(c) A rickshaw.
(d) A train.

2. To what does Akira Kurosawa compare the dead animal from his memory in Babyhood?
(a) Sushi.
(b) A plate of spaghetti.
(c) A pile of fancid rice.
(d) Steak.

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

4. Who is the sapling of the chapter title in this section?
(a) Akira's brother.
(b) Hirohito.
(c) Uekusa.
(d) Akira Kurosawa.

5. At the end of The Fragrance of Meiji, the Sounds of Taisho, Kurosawa says that is sorry children of today do not have what?
(a) The fresh air he had.
(b) The sense of national pride he had.
(c) The sounds of his childhood.
(d) The quality of food he had.

6. From what book are the two soldiers that Kurosawa used to describe himself and Uekusa as children?
(a) Taketori Monogatari.
(b) Henry V.
(c) The Mahabarata.
(d) The Pillow Book.

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

8. What did Akira decide to do regarding the two speeches he was given to read?
(a) He declined to read any speech.
(b) He improvised at the podium.
(c) He read the hated teacher's speech.
(d) He read the other speech.

9. To whom does Kurosawa compare teachers like Mr. Iwamatsu at the end of Honor and Revere?
(a) His directing mentors.
(b) His parents.
(c) His actors.
(d) Himelf.

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

11. What did Kurosawa and Uekusa Keinosuke have in common when they met?
(a) They both loved film.
(b) They both cried all the time.
(c) They both took kendo lessons.
(d) They were both form Tekeni Prefecture.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Gleam of Fireflies, who wrote a new speech to replace the one young Akira was given?

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

3. What did Kurosawa lose in his duel with the gang of students that attack him in Murasaki and Shonagon?

4. How were the streets of Kurosawa's neighborhood lit the on night of September 1, 1923?

5. In Crybaby, what was the subject of Kurosawa's artwork that Tachikawa praised?

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