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

2. What happened to most of the actresses in The Most Beautiful after the shoot?
(a) They retired.
(b) They remained in his company.
(c) They went on to have stellar careers.
(d) They joined the war effort until the armistice.

3. How old was Kurosawa when he got married?
(a) 29.
(b) 40.
(c) 35.
(d) 23.

4. Why does Akira Kurosawa think his brother killed himself?
(a) He lost the girl he wanted to marry him.
(b) He was dying of cancer.
(c) He was about to lose his job.
(d) His screenplay had been rejected.

5. What subject was Kurosawa's older brother in love with when he failed his final exam?
(a) Calligraphy.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Foreign literature.
(d) Kendo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the new art teacher at Kurosawa's school respond to his art work?

2. In The Gleam of Fireflies, who wrote a new speech to replace the one young Akira was given?

3. What enemy of Kurosawa's disappeared with the end of World War II?

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

5. What love besides movies did Akira's father pass down to him?

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