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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 was the source of explosions that intermittently went off in the wake of September 1, 1923's catastrophe?
(a) A bombing raid.
(b) A burst gas mane.
(c) A fireworks stand.
(d) An armory.

2. What was the result of Uekusa's charge up a hill at a group of ruffians in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) He became leader og their group.
(b) He was knocked unconscious.
(c) He chased them off.
(d) He was beaten with rods.

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

4. What was the subject of Inagaki Hiroshi's movie Forgotten Children?
(a) Paralyzed children.
(b) Child soldiers.
(c) Child prostitutes.
(d) Retarded children.

5. In Morimura Gakuen, what is significant about the young boy that Akira Kurosawa mentions specifically from Forgotten Children?
(a) He is twice as tall as the other children.
(b) He is Chinese.
(c) He isolates himself from the other children.
(d) He is always fighting the other children.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the streets of Kurosawa's neighborhood lit the on night of September 1, 1923?

2. What great act of devotion did Uekusa make regarding a girl as a child?

3. As told in Storytellers, what image in a movie reduced young Akira to inconsolable tears?

4. Which of the following is not a physical reaction that Kurosawa had to being challenged in primary school?

5. What two virtues did Kurosawa's father attribute to movies in Babyhood?

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