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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. At the beginning of this section, what does Kurosawa has been a struggle for him?
(a) Controlling his temper.
(b) Staying on good terms with his actors.
(c) Maintaining a diet.
(d) Getting funding.

2. Why was the shooting of the final fight in Sugata Sanshiro held up for two days?
(a) It was not written yet.
(b) There was no wind.
(c) Kurosawa could not finish his shot list.
(d) An actor though it was unsafe.

3. What job in the movies did Kurosawa's brother take in the 1930's?
(a) Narrator.
(b) Assistant director.
(c) Photographer.
(d) Set dresser.

4. What act by Uekusa in Murasaki and Shonagon surprised and infuriated Kurosawa at the time?
(a) He made a picture that Tachikawa liked.
(b) He charged a gang of bullies.
(c) He asked out a girl Kurosawa liked.
(d) He lost Kurosawa's favorite robe.

5. Which of the following was not a demand Kurosawa made of his actresses in The Most Beautiful?
(a) He made them cut off their hair.
(b) he would not let them use makeup.
(c) He makes them take jobs in a factory.
(d) He made them run laps.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What settled the debate regarding the cutting of the scene?

4. Why was Akira Kurosawa initially rejected for military service?

5. How does Akira characterize the songs of the Taisho age in Japan?

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