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

2. In Crybaby, what honor was eventually given with the assistance of Mr. Tachikawa?
(a) Class President.
(b) Represntative to the Imperial Coucil.
(c) Prom king.
(d) Flag bearer.

3. What did Kurosawa's teachers at Morimura Gakuen mistakenly believe about him?
(a) He was a musical prodigy.
(b) He was mentally challenged.
(c) He was American.
(d) He was two years older than he was.

4. In A Distant Village, what did Akira do when after he got drunk on sake?
(a) He vomited on his cousin.
(b) He fell in a rice paddy.
(c) He passed out next to a water ox.
(d) He kissed a strange woman.

5. In Morimura Gakuen, Kusosawa argues that children should not be judged merely by what?
(a) Ability.
(b) Appearance.
(c) Economic background.
(d) Age.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Keika Middle School, what event did young Akira win at his school?

2. What was different about the way Mr. Tachikawa taught art at Kuroda?

3. How did the new art teacher at Kurosawa's school respond to his art work?

4. In The Gleam of Fireflies, what grade was young Akira graduating from?

5. Whose help did Akira Kurosawa eventually employ to convince his father to let him quit calligraphy lessons?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Akira sent to Toyokawa Village by his father?

3. Why did Akira Kurosawa not fight in the military?

4. How does Kurosawa compare his parents' personalities in Kendo?

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

6. What bad relationship did Akira develop at Keika Middle School?

7. How did young Uekusa prove foolhardy?

8. What was Kurosawa's experience at Morimura Gakuen?

9. Why does Akira Kurosawa not understand the concept of hometowns?

10. Why did Akira Kurosawa dislike his calligraphy tutor?

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