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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. What was the result of Uekusa's telling the girl's father that he loved her in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) He got one date with her.
(b) He won her hand in marriage.
(c) He never saw her again.
(d) He got beaten by the father.

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

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

4. Whose help did Akira Kurosawa eventually employ to convince his father to let him quit calligraphy lessons?
(a) His kendo teacher.
(b) Mr. Tachikawa.
(c) His older brother.
(d) His mother.

5. How does Kurosawa describe the style of institution that Kuroda Primary School is?
(a) A highly westernized school.
(b) A traditional Japanese school.
(c) A special needs school.
(d) A military-type school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Akira Kurosawa try to work as fast as possible to finish his calligraphy lessons?

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

3. What was the subject of Inagaki Hiroshi's movie Forgotten Children?

4. What changed for Akira Kurosawa after the fight described in Murasaki and Shonagon?

5. In Kendo, what does Kurosawa recall his father doing in the morning during the war years?

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