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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. At the end of The Long Red Brick Wall, what did Kurosawa do as he walked to school?
(a) Talked to Uekusa.
(b) Made up stories.
(c) Read.
(d) Whistled.

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

3. Why was Akira Kurosawa initially rejected for military service?
(a) He was too weak.
(b) He was a home-front asset.
(c) He was a left-wing protester.
(d) He had an education deferment.

4. Who is the sapling of the chapter title in this section?
(a) Akira's brother.
(b) Hirohito.
(c) Uekusa.
(d) Akira Kurosawa.

5. What resolution did Kurosawa make regarding his new art teacher?
(a) To work harder to impress him.
(b) To repay him for his praise.
(c) To ignore his criticism.
(d) To get back at him for his wrongs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Murasaki and Shonagon, what does Uekusa recall about Kurosawa in school?

2. What role did Uekusa Keinosuke later play in Kurosawa's professional life?

3. In The Fragrance of Meiji, the Sounds of Taisho, Kurosawa recalls the smells and sounds of what year in Japan?

4. Why did Akira Kurosawa try to work as fast as possible to finish his calligraphy lessons?

5. As told in Storytellers, what image in a movie reduced young Akira to inconsolable tears?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Akira's relationship with Aunt Togashi.

4. Describe young Akira Kurosawa' daily schedule.

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

6. How was young Akira humbled in The Goblin's Nose?

7. Years later, what does Kurosawa think about his brother's insistence that they explore the carnage?

8. What romantic gesture did Uekusa attempt at sixteen?

9. How did Kurosawa's brother toughen him up as a child?

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

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