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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. According to Kurosawa at the end of this section, what is the key to getting good work from actors?
(a) Clarity.
(b) Passion.
(c) Respect.
(d) Calm.

2. Why was Akira angered the first time he saw Rashomon on television?
(a) His name was left off the credits.
(b) Its widescreen was cut down.
(c) It was not as good as he remembered.
(d) It was editted for time.

3. How did Kurosawa learn of Japan's defeat in the war?
(a) The studio head announces it.
(b) By a newsreel.
(c) Via radio.
(d) A newspaper.

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

5. What is the primary memory Kuosawa has of a Yamamoto Kajiro set?
(a) Serenity.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Sleeplessness.
(d) Fear of firing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In A Coward and A Weakling, why was Akira arrest?

2. Why was the shooting of the final fight in Sugata Sanshiro held up for two days?

3. In An Alleyway in the Floating World, how long did Akira's brother let him stay in his tenement room?

4. What does Kurosawa admit he suffers from at the very end of SOMETHING LIKE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY?

5. What was different about The Most Beautiful's shooting concept?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the incident with the censor and the gate?

2. How did Mifune Toshiro and Kurosawa begin work together?

3. How is Akira Kurosawa angered by the state of Japan's film industry?

4. Why does Kurosawa think Sugata Sanshiro, Part II, was a failure?

5. How did Kurosawa's father's death affect his use of music in films?

6. How did Akira accept japan's defeat in the war?

7. What was the break from the Toho, and how did it affect Kurosawa?

8. Who were Akira's major influences in becoming the man he became?

9. Why does Kurosawa think his writing process was flawed in Scandal?

10. How did an army major and Akira Kurosawa come to an agreement regarding cutting a scene from one of his films?

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