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

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

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

5. Which Japanese director is not mentioned in Good People?
(a) Takizawa Eisuke.
(b) Fushimizu Shu.
(c) Yasujiro Ozu.
(d) Naruse Mikio.

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

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

8. In An Alleyway in the Floating World, what bothered Akira about his brother's tenement?
(a) It is incredibly overpriced.
(b) It is barely ventilated.
(c) It is in a Korean area of town,
(d) It is riddled with crime.

9. What term does Kurosawa use to describe the Japanese censors in A Bitter War?
(a) Lax.
(b) Obsessive.
(c) Nonexistent.
(d) Bribable.

10. After working on Horses, what does Kurosawa spend his life doing besides writing?
(a) Reading Western philosphy.
(b) Directing radio shows.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Dating women.

11. How did film-goers know that a particular night shot in Sugata Sanshiro was shot during the day?
(a) There was no moonlight in the shot.
(b) They saw a tarp used to block the sun.
(c) They heard no crickets or frogs.
(d) They heard lotus blossoms opening.

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

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

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

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