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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 17 through 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Murasaki and Shonagon, how does Kurosawa assume he knew about the literary soldiers he referenced as a child?
(a) Mr. Tachikawa.
(b) His calligraphy teacher.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandmother.

2. Which star's westerns does Kurosawa particularly recall enjoying in Storytellers?
(a) Roy Rogers.
(b) Clint Eastwood.
(c) William S. Hart.
(d) John Wayne.

3. What did Akira decide to do regarding the two speeches he was given to read?
(a) He improvised at the podium.
(b) He read the other speech.
(c) He read the hated teacher's speech.
(d) He declined to read any speech.

4. What assertion does Kurosawa refute at the beginning of Keika Middle School?
(a) He was afraid of girls.
(b) He had no physical strength.
(c) He never wrote his own screenplays.
(d) He cried at this graduation.

5. In Kendo, what does Kurosawa recall his father doing in the morning during the war years?
(a) Cooking breakfast for the family.
(b) Weeping bitterly in his bedroom.
(c) Watching the children walk to school.
(d) Meditating behind the house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What weakness does Kurosawa concede in Keika Middle School?

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

4. At the beginning of A Distant Village, Kurosawa says he considers himself what?

5. How many family members did Akira Kurosawa lose in the events of September 1, 1923?

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