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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 5 through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How was Akira Kurosawa affected by seeing Forgotten Children in the theater?
(a) He becomes ill and walks out.
(b) He gives it a standing ovation.
(c) He loudly protests that it is lousy.
(d) He weeps uncontrollably.

3. The mean nickname the children gave Kurosawa at Morimura Gakuen implied that he had tears large as what?
(a) Icicles.
(b) Rice balls.
(c) Gum drops.
(d) Baseballs.

4. What great act of devotion did Uekusa make regarding a girl as a child?
(a) He sent her an orchid every day for a year.
(b) He painted a portrait of her.
(c) He opened every door for her one day.
(d) He waited for her all night with a love letter.

5. What violent event occurred in Akira Kurosawa's first memory?
(a) He was slapped by his mother.
(b) An earthwuake happened.
(c) He fell off a table.
(d) He was born.

Short Answer Questions

1. What act by Uekusa in Murasaki and Shonagon surprised and infuriated Kurosawa at the time?

2. In The Fragrance of Meiji, the Sounds of Taisho, Kurosawa recalls the smells and sounds of what year in Japan?

3. Why was Akira Kurosawa humiliated in his early memory about his nurse?

4. What memory brings tears to Kurosawa's eyes as he recalls it in Whirlwind?

5. What did Kurosawa and Uekusa Keinosuke have in common when they met?

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