2. What was the American censor response to No Regrets for Our Youth?
(a) They refused to approve it.
(b) They didn't even watch it.
(c) They approved it.
(d) They trimmed it significantly before approving it.

3. For what studio did Kurosawa make A Salmon's Old Stories?
(a) He privately distributes.
(b) Janus Films.
(c) Toho.
(d) Film Art Association.

4. What terrifying job did Yamamoto Kajiro give Akira as chief assistant?
(a) Interfacing with the studio heads.
(b) Scheduling shoot dates.
(c) Delivering notes to the lead actors.
(d) Editing the film.

5. What happened to Akira and his wife's first house?
(a) It burned in a brush fire.
(b) It was bombed.
(c) It collapsed in an earthquake.
(d) It was condemned by the state.

6. Who ordered Kurosawa to cut a scene from a movie, which he refused?
(a) The governor of his Prefecture.
(b) Mifune Toshiro.
(c) His producers.
(d) The army.

7. In A Story I Don't Want to Tell, who had a premonition that Akira's brother might kill himself?
(a) His mother.
(b) Akira.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His younger sister.

8. What types of laws was Kurosawa critiquing with his film Scandal?
(a) Sex trafficking laws.
(b) Source disclosure laws.
(c) Freedom of speech laws.
(d) Political funding laws.

9. What does Kurosawa admit he suffers from at the very end of SOMETHING LIKE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
(a) Auteurism.
(b) Egotism.
(c) Chronic laziness.
(d) Dyslexia.

10. Which is not an additional job that assistant directors had on set with Yamamoto Kajiro?
(a) Serving as extras.
(b) Giving actor's direction.
(c) Editing.
(d) Screenwriting.

11. On what does Kurosawa blame the loss of so many good Japanese directors?
(a) A terrible national work ethic.
(b) The high salaries paid in Hollywood.
(c) The film strike.
(d) Government intervention during the War.

12. How many years did it take Akira Kurosawa to rise to chief assistant under Yamamoto Kajiro?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

13. After working on Horses, what does Kurosawa spend his life doing besides writing?
(a) Dating women.
(b) Reading Western philosphy.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Directing radio shows.

14. The film One Wonderful Sunday reconnected Akira with whom?
(a) Mr. Tachikawa.
(b) Yamamoto Kajiro.
(c) Mr. Iwamatsu.
(d) His father.

15. What is The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail based on?
(a) An American movie.
(b) A kabuki place.
(c) A Chinese novel.
(d) A Shakespearean play.