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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 33 through 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Kurosawa say was Takizawa's great talent in Good People?
(a) Staying under budget.
(b) Using silence.
(c) Directing actors.
(d) Setting atmosphere.

3. How did Akira do as a military student?
(a) He barely passes.
(b) He failed.
(c) He passed with flying colors.
(d) He quits and takes an incomplete.

4. Why did Fushimizu Shu suddenly stop making movies?
(a) He renounced the art of cinema.
(b) He was elected Mayor of his hometown.
(c) He died.
(d) He was blacklisted as a Communist.

5. In what year did Kurosawa begin shooting Sugata Sanshiro?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the result of Uekusa's telling the girl's father that he loved her in Murasaki and Shonagon?

2. At the beginning of A Distant Village, Kurosawa says he considers himself what?

3. How did the new art teacher at Kurosawa's school respond to his art work?

4. In My Rebellious Phase, what dangerous material did Akira use on some of his pranks?

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

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