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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 Fushimizu Shu suddenly stop making movies?
(a) He was blacklisted as a Communist.
(b) He died.
(c) He renounced the art of cinema.
(d) He was elected Mayor of his hometown.

2. What did Akira's brother do three days before killing himself?
(a) Sold his projector.
(b) Married his girlfriend.
(c) Bought a cat.
(d) Treated Akira to dinner.

3. What separated Akira from his contemporaries on set with Yamamoto Kajiro?
(a) He had never seen Yamamoto Kajiro's films.
(b) He was the only Japan native.
(c) He was significantly younger.
(d) He had no degree.

4. In The Gleam of Fireflies, who wrote a new speech to replace the one young Akira was given?
(a) Mr. Tachikawa.
(b) Akira.
(c) Akira's older brother.
(d) Uekusa.

5. How does Mr. Iwamatsu respond to students who are struggling with exams?
(a) He helps them through problems.
(b) He tells them the answers.
(c) He mocks them mercilessly.
(d) He shrugs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the result of Uekusa's telling the girl's father that he loved her in Murasaki and Shonagon?

3. In Kendo, how does Akira Kurosawa characterize his mother in comparison to his father?

4. What role did Uekusa Keinosuke later play in Kurosawa's professional life?

5. In A Story I Don't Want to Tell, who had a premonition that Akira's brother might kill himself?

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