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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 9 through 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What assertion does Kurosawa refute at the beginning of Keika Middle School?
(a) He never wrote his own screenplays.
(b) He cried at this graduation.
(c) He was afraid of girls.
(d) He had no physical strength.

2. How were the streets of Kurosawa's neighborhood lit the on night of September 1, 1923?
(a) Candles.
(b) Fireflies.
(c) Emergency generators.
(d) Torches.

3. How does Akira characterize the songs of the Taisho age in Japan?
(a) Cacophonous.
(b) Lugubrious.
(c) Optimistic.
(d) Erotic.

4. At the end of The Long Red Brick Wall, what did Kurosawa do as he walked to school?
(a) Whistled.
(b) Made up stories.
(c) Talked to Uekusa.
(d) Read.

5. In what two subjects did young Akira fail his exams in this section?
(a) Literature and history.
(b) Science and history.
(c) Literature and math.
(d) Math and science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What violent event occurred in Akira Kurosawa's first memory?

2. What resolution did Kurosawa make regarding his new art teacher?

3. What catastrophic event happened on September 1, 1923?

4. In The Gleam of Fireflies, why was Kurosawa uncomfortable with the speech given him?

5. In Calligraphy, what is Kurosawa's feeling about his childhood teacher?

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