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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In A Story I Don't Want to Tell, who had a premonition that Akira's brother might kill himself?
(a) Akira.
(b) His mother.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His younger sister.

2. Which is not an additional job that assistant directors had on set with Yamamoto Kajiro?
(a) Screenwriting.
(b) Giving actor's direction.
(c) Editing.
(d) Serving as extras.

3. What was the first position Akira took under Yamamoto Kajiro?
(a) Set dresser.
(b) Assistant director.
(c) Makeup assistant.
(d) Stand in.

4. How old was Kurosawa when he got married?
(a) 23.
(b) 29.
(c) 35.
(d) 40.

5. Which of the following was not a demand Kurosawa made of his actresses in The Most Beautiful?
(a) he would not let them use makeup.
(b) He makes them take jobs in a factory.
(c) He made them cut off their hair.
(d) He made them run laps.

6. What enemy of Kurosawa's disappeared with the end of World War II?
(a) The censor board.
(b) An unscrupulous producer.
(c) The military tribunal.
(d) A rival director.

7. In An Alleyway in the Floating World, how long did Akira's brother let him stay in his tenement room?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 1 month.

8. Which famed director observed the filming of The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail while the US was occupying Japan?
(a) Howard Hawks.
(b) Orson Welles.
(c) Frank Capra.
(d) John Ford.

9. Which individual's death does Kurosawa not describe in the book?
(a) His older sister.
(b) His older brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

10. At the beginning of this section, what does Kurosawa has been a struggle for him?
(a) Maintaining a diet.
(b) Getting funding.
(c) Controlling his temper.
(d) Staying on good terms with his actors.

11. What happened to Akira and his wife's first house?
(a) It was condemned by the state.
(b) It collapsed in an earthquake.
(c) It burned in a brush fire.
(d) It was bombed.

12. What era was Kurosawa trying to capture in The Stray Dog?
(a) Wartime Japan.
(b) Medieval Japan.
(c) Post-war Japan.
(d) Turn of the century Japan.

13. In A Coward and A Weakling, what position was Akira given at the League newspaper?
(a) Beat reporter.
(b) Film reviewer.
(c) Op-ed columnist.
(d) Assistant editor.

14. Why did Akira apply to PCL at 26?
(a) He incurred gambling debts.
(b) He wanted to learn the science behind film-making.
(c) He lost faith in his art.
(d) He discovered his girlfriend was pregnant.

15. What was the man who inspired a character in Scandal distraught over?
(a) His dying daughter.
(b) His own sense of mortality.
(c) His wife's affair.
(d) His lost job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kurosawa blame for the failure of Scandal?

2. In what time period does Rashomon take place?

3. What was different about The Most Beautiful's shooting concept?

4. What happened to most of the actresses in The Most Beautiful after the shoot?

5. Where was Akira directing when Yamamoto Kajiro took ill and died?

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