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

2. What settled the debate regarding the cutting of the scene?
(a) A drinking contest.
(b) A court order.
(c) A treat of firing.
(d) An actors' strike.

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

4. In An Alleyway in the Floating World, what bothered Akira about his brother's tenement?
(a) It is riddled with crime.
(b) It is in a Korean area of town,
(c) It is barely ventilated.
(d) It is incredibly overpriced.

5. What is The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail based on?
(a) A Shakespearean play.
(b) A kabuki place.
(c) An American movie.
(d) A Chinese novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Akira Kurosawa cannot recall the name of which of these influential people?

2. How did Kurosawa learn of Japan's defeat in the war?

3. Why did Akira apply to PCL at 26?

4. Who became terrified when they happened upon the shoot of Sugata Sanshiro, Part II?

5. In An Alleyway in the Floating World, how did the little girl respond to Akira's rescuing her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Kurosawa's relationship with Japanese censors.

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

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

5. What character flaw does Akira Kurosawa admit to at the end of Something Like an Autobiography?

6. How did Akira discover the similarity he had to his brother?

7. What terrible experience does Kurosawa relate at the end of An Alleyway in the Floating World?

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

9. How did Kurosawa end up directing Sugata Sanshiro?

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

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