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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 act by Uekusa in Murasaki and Shonagon surprised and infuriated Kurosawa at the time?
(a) He asked out a girl Kurosawa liked.
(b) He charged a gang of bullies.
(c) He made a picture that Tachikawa liked.
(d) He lost Kurosawa's favorite robe.

2. How does Akira characterize the songs of the Taisho age in Japan?
(a) Cacophonous.
(b) Optimistic.
(c) Lugubrious.
(d) Erotic.

3. What was the source of explosions that intermittently went off in the wake of September 1, 1923's catastrophe?
(a) An armory.
(b) A bombing raid.
(c) A burst gas mane.
(d) A fireworks stand.

4. In addition to art, what was young Akira's favorite subject?
(a) Science.
(b) History.
(c) Literature.
(d) Physical education.

5. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) She gave him another that belonged to his brother.
(b) She goes back to the site of the duel that night and collects the lost item.
(c) She quietly buys him a new one.
(d) She does not replace it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kurosawa and Uekusa Keinosuke have in common when they met?

2. At the end of The Fragrance of Meiji, the Sounds of Taisho, Kurosawa says that is sorry children of today do not have what?

3. In Kendo, what does Kurosawa recall his father doing in the morning during the war years?

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

5. In The Gleam of Fireflies, why was Kurosawa uncomfortable with the speech given him?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Keika Middle School, how does Kurosawa refute the assessment that he was no good at sports?

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

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

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

5. What was Forgotten Children, and how did it affect Kurosawa?

6. Describe the memory of the dog in Babyhood?

7. How did young Uekusa prove foolhardy?

8. Who is Mr. Tachikawa?

9. Describe young Akira Kurosawa' daily schedule.

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

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