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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what time period does Rashomon take place?
(a) The 19th century.
(b) The 11th century.
(c) Modern Tokyo.
(d) Prehistoric times.

2. What is the subject of The Drunken Angel?
(a) The samurai.
(b) The yakuza.
(c) Two young lovers.
(d) The Second World War.

3. What adjective did the censors use to describe their problems with Sugata Sanshiro?
(a) American.
(b) Subversive.
(c) Insinuating.
(d) Decadent.

4. What does Kurosawa blame for the failure of Sugata Sanshiro, Part II?
(a) His lack of interest.
(b) Excessive censorship.
(c) Lack of funding.
(d) Failure to secure the same actors.

5. In Rashomon, Kurosawa wants to recapture the excitement he once felt from what?
(a) Painting.
(b) Silent films.
(c) Kendo.
(d) Hearing master storytellers.

6. What is the primary memory Kuosawa has of a Yamamoto Kajiro set?
(a) Fear of firing.
(b) Serenity.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Sleeplessness.

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

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

9. Why does Akira Kurosawa think his brother killed himself?
(a) He was about to lose his job.
(b) He was dying of cancer.
(c) His screenplay had been rejected.
(d) He lost the girl he wanted to marry him.

10. What does Kurosawa blame for the failure of Scandal?
(a) A supporting character dominates the film.
(b) His own lack of narrative clarity.
(c) Mifune Toshiro's overacting.
(d) His plot was severely trancated in editing.

11. What settled the debate regarding the cutting of the scene?
(a) An actors' strike.
(b) A court order.
(c) A treat of firing.
(d) A drinking contest.

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

13. What types of laws was Kurosawa critiquing with his film Scandal?
(a) Freedom of speech laws.
(b) Sex trafficking laws.
(c) Political funding laws.
(d) Source disclosure laws.

14. In An Alleyway in the Floating World, how did the little girl respond to Akira's rescuing her?
(a) She cries and holds him.
(b) She asks him to put her back.
(c) She barely acknowledges it.
(d) She kills herself.

15. Why did Fushimizu Shu suddenly stop making movies?
(a) He was blacklisted as a Communist.
(b) He died.
(c) He renounced the art of cinema.
(d) He was elected Mayor of his hometown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the man who inspired a character in Scandal distraught over?

2. What does Kurosawa say was Takizawa's great talent in Good People?

3. Why did Akira apply to PCL at 26?

4. What innovation made One Wonderful Sunday a sensation in Paris?

5. Which famed director observed the filming of The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail while the US was occupying Japan?

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