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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 41 through 48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the censors remove a gate from a Kurosawa film?
(a) They thought it was a vaginal metaphor.
(b) It was shot on a state holiday.
(c) The gate had an imperial symbol on it.
(d) They did not want any films over 90 minutes.

2. What two virtues did Kurosawa's father attribute to movies in Babyhood?
(a) Stimulating and patriotic.
(b) Entertaining and educational.
(c) Commericial and artistic.
(d) Escapist and productive.

3. What settled the debate regarding the cutting of the scene?
(a) A court order.
(b) An actors' strike.
(c) A treat of firing.
(d) A drinking contest.

4. In An Alleyway in the Floating World, how long did Akira's brother let him stay in his tenement room?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 1 month.

5. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) She does not replace it.
(b) She gave him another that belonged to his brother.
(c) She goes back to the site of the duel that night and collects the lost item.
(d) She quietly buys him a new one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which star's westerns does Kurosawa particularly recall enjoying in Storytellers?

2. Which famed director observed the filming of The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail while the US was occupying Japan?

3. How did film-goers know that a particular night shot in Sugata Sanshiro was shot during the day?

4. What changed for young Akira after the event of A Long Red Brick Wall?

5. What is the PCL?

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