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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the American censor response to No Regrets for Our Youth?
(a) They approved it.
(b) They didn't even watch it.
(c) They trimmed it significantly before approving it.
(d) They refused to approve it.

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

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

4. After the war, what did Akira make a conscious effort to learn about?
(a) European drama.
(b) Japanese art.
(c) American democracy.
(d) Confucian philosophy.

5. At the end of A Salmon's Old Stories, what does Kurosawa accuse Japanese directors of emulating?
(a) His work.
(b) The theatre.
(c) Television.
(d) American films.

6. Where was Akira directing when Yamamoto Kajiro took ill and died?
(a) France.
(b) The United States.
(c) China.
(d) The Soviet Union.

7. Which on-set worker was moved to tears while filming the final scene of The Quiet Duel?
(a) The assistant director.
(b) The cameraman.
(c) The script supervisor.
(d) The makeup girl.

8. The film One Wonderful Sunday reconnected Akira with whom?
(a) Yamamoto Kajiro.
(b) Mr. Tachikawa.
(c) Mr. Iwamatsu.
(d) His father.

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

10. What was Fushimizu Shu's film specialty?
(a) Musicals.
(b) Horror films.
(c) Romances.
(d) Family dramas.

11. On what does Kurosawa blame the loss of so many good Japanese directors?
(a) The high salaries paid in Hollywood.
(b) A terrible national work ethic.
(c) The film strike.
(d) Government intervention during the War.

12. Which Kurosawa film is not discussed in SOMETHING LIKE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
(a) Sugata Sanshiro.
(b) Ran.
(c) One Wonderful Sunday.
(d) Drunken Angel.

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

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

15. What natural disaster nearly ends the shoot of The Stray Dog?
(a) Hurricane.
(b) Typhoon.
(c) Earthquake.
(d) Tsunami.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Kurosawa use to describe the Japanese censors in A Bitter War?

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

3. What innovation in movies arrived in the chapter An Alleyway in the Floating World?

4. Who joined Kurosawa in forming Film Art Association?

5. When does Kurosawa traditionally use the song The Cuckoo Waltz in his films?

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