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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. In Calligraphy, what is Kurosawa's feeling about his childhood teacher?
(a) He was the smartest man he ever met.
(b) He was too remote an individual.
(c) His knowledge was inferior.
(d) He expected too little of his pupils.

2. What resolution did Kurosawa make regarding his new art teacher?
(a) To work harder to impress him.
(b) To repay him for his praise.
(c) To get back at him for his wrongs.
(d) To ignore his criticism.

3. In Crybaby, what was the subject of Kurosawa's artwork that Tachikawa praised?
(a) A snake.
(b) Smeared colors.
(c) Geometric shapes.
(d) A self-portrait.

4. What colored animal did Akira Kurosawa think his family should have gotten when he was young?
(a) A goldfish.
(b) A black dog.
(c) A gray cat.
(d) A yellow canary.

5. What did the Kendo instructor at Kurosawa's school do that ingratiated him to Kurosawa?
(a) Bowed to him.
(b) Used a dirty word.
(c) Complimented his form.
(d) Picked him up in a bout.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of The Long Red Brick Wall, what did Kurosawa do as he walked to school?

2. Years later, what does Kurosawa think about his brother's insistence that they explore the carnage in A Horrifying Excursion?

3. How did young Akira avoid falling to his death in the events of A Long Red Brick Wall?

4. How was Akira Kurosawa affected by seeing Forgotten Children in the theater?

5. At the end of The Fragrance of Meiji, the Sounds of Taisho, Kurosawa says that is sorry children of today do not have what?

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