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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What world event caused the Japanese to censor domestic film, including Kurosawa's A German at Daruma Temple?
(a) The Maoist revolution.
(b) The Depression.
(c) The accession of Hirohito.
(d) The Pacific War.

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

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

4. Who became terrified when they happened upon the shoot of Sugata Sanshiro, Part II?
(a) A women's society.
(b) A group of skiers.
(c) A group of campers.
(d) A group of elders.

5. What did Naruse Mikio use to build a scene?
(a) One establishing shot, and some closeups.
(b) Many short shots.
(c) A single, extended shot.
(d) Voiceover.

6. Why was the shooting of the final fight in Sugata Sanshiro held up for two days?
(a) Kurosawa could not finish his shot list.
(b) There was no wind.
(c) An actor though it was unsafe.
(d) It was not written yet.

7. What is the PCL?
(a) A film school.
(b) A massage parlor.
(c) A sales firm.
(d) A photo lab.

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

9. Who did Uekusa and Akira base the antagonist of The Drunken Angel on?
(a) A Japanese war criminal.
(b) The teacher they both hated.
(c) An unlicensed doctor they knew.
(d) A bully who once attacked Uekusa.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Fushimizu Shu's film specialty?

2. Which of Akira's family members died during the filming of The Drunken Angel?

3. Which on-set worker was moved to tears while filming the final scene of The Quiet Duel?

4. What is the primary memory Kuosawa has of a Yamamoto Kajiro set?

5. At the end of A Bitter War, who did Kurosawa run into from his past?

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