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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of this section, what impelled Kurosawa to walk out on the studio?
(a) The horribly handled strike.
(b) His family death.
(c) A bout of heavy drinking.
(d) His lack of artistic autonomy.

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

3. How many years did it take Akira Kurosawa to rise to chief assistant under Yamamoto Kajiro?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

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

5. What terrifying job did Yamamoto Kajiro give Akira as chief assistant?
(a) Delivering notes to the lead actors.
(b) Editing the film.
(c) Scheduling shoot dates.
(d) Interfacing with the studio heads.

6. What did Akira primarily worry about concerning being a part of the Proletariat Artists League?
(a) Looking like a weakling.
(b) Missing his appointments with Mr. Tachikawa.
(c) Disgracing his family.
(d) Sounding foolish in from of the other members.

7. For what studio did Kurosawa make A Salmon's Old Stories?
(a) Janus Films.
(b) Toho.
(c) Film Art Association.
(d) He privately distributes.

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

9. What was Yaguchi Yoko's job on The Most Beautiful?
(a) Actress.
(b) Art director.
(c) Head of makeup.
(d) Assistant director.

10. At what film festival was Rashomon hailed to the international Press?
(a) The Venice Film Festival.
(b) The Sundance Film Festival.
(c) The Cannes Film Festival.
(d) The New York Film Festival.

11. What is The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail based on?
(a) A kabuki place.
(b) A Chinese novel.
(c) An American movie.
(d) A Shakespearean play.

12. How did young Akira look different than his brother?
(a) He was paler.
(b) He had a positive expression.
(c) He parted his hair on the other side.
(d) He was shorter.

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

14. Who ordered Kurosawa to cut a scene from a movie, which he refused?
(a) The army.
(b) Mifune Toshiro.
(c) The governor of his Prefecture.
(d) His producers.

15. Where did Kurosawa choose to shoot the fight scene from Sugata Sanshiro?
(a) On a soundstage.
(b) On the roof of his house.
(c) On a mountain.
(d) In a thick forested area.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Kurosawa film is not discussed in SOMETHING LIKE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY?

2. What does Kurosawa blame for the failure of Sugata Sanshiro, Part II?

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

4. Which of the following was not a demand Kurosawa made of his actresses in The Most Beautiful?

5. At the end of Marriage, how did Akira decide to make more money?

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