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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What memory brings tears to Kurosawa's eyes as he recalls it in Whirlwind?
(a) Uekusa's lack of popularity.
(b) Mr. Tachikawa's dismissal.
(c) His sister's death.
(d) His brother's failure.

2. What did Kurosawa and Uekusa Keinosuke have in common when they met?
(a) They both loved film.
(b) They were both form Tekeni Prefecture.
(c) They both cried all the time.
(d) They both took kendo lessons.

3. What two virtues did Kurosawa's father attribute to movies in Babyhood?
(a) Entertaining and educational.
(b) Stimulating and patriotic.
(c) Commericial and artistic.
(d) Escapist and productive.

4. In Murasaki and Shonagon, how does Kurosawa assume he knew about the literary soldiers he referenced as a child?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His father.
(c) His calligraphy teacher.
(d) Mr. Tachikawa.

5. Why was Akira Kurosawa humiliated in his early memory about his nurse?
(a) She dressed him like a girl.
(b) She batted him around like a kitten.
(c) She held him while using the toilet.
(d) She never changed his diaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job in the movies did Kurosawa's brother take in the 1930's?

2. What violent event occurred in Akira Kurosawa's first memory?

3. Which star's westerns does Kurosawa particularly recall enjoying in Storytellers?

4. What subject was Kurosawa's older brother in love with when he failed his final exam?

5. How does Mr. Iwamatsu respond to students who are struggling with exams?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Akira Kurosawa dislike his calligraphy tutor?

2. What ethical dilemma did Kurosawa face at his graduation?

3. How was Kuosawa's new art teacher different from Mr. Tachikawa?

4. In Whirlwind, what sort of decline did Akira's older brother have?

5. Describe young Akira Kurosawa' daily schedule.

6. How was Akira Kurosawa introduced to film at an early age?

7. What happened on September 1, 1923?

8. Describe the memories of sound that Kurosawa describes at the end of this section?

9. What memories does Akira Kurosawa have about movies in his childhood?

10. How did young Akira put is Kendo into practice in self-defense?

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