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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 terrifying job did Yamamoto Kajiro give Akira as chief assistant?
(a) Scheduling shoot dates.
(b) Editing the film.
(c) Interfacing with the studio heads.
(d) Delivering notes to the lead actors.

2. After the war, what did Akira make a conscious effort to learn about?
(a) Confucian philosophy.
(b) American democracy.
(c) European drama.
(d) Japanese art.

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

4. What was Fushimizu Shu's film specialty?
(a) Horror films.
(b) Musicals.
(c) Romances.
(d) Family dramas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Negative and Positive, what did an actor tell Akira his first day as an assistant director?

2. Who did Uekusa and Akira base the antagonist of The Drunken Angel on?

3. On what does Kurosawa blame the loss of so many good Japanese directors?

4. Who joined Kurosawa in forming Film Art Association?

5. In An Alleyway in the Floating World, what bothered Akira about his brother's tenement?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What controversy does Kurosawa have filming a night scene in Sugata Sanshiro?

3. How did One Wonderful Sunday reunite Akira and Mr. Tachikawa?

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

5. How did Akira find his brother in An Alleyway in the Floating World?

6. What was the talent like at the PCL?

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

8. How did Kurosawa end up directing Sugata Sanshiro?

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

10. What was Kurosawa trying to evoke, visually, with Rashomon?

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