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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a physical reaction that Kurosawa had to being challenged in primary school?
(a) He fainted.
(b) He hyperventilated.
(c) He held his breath.
(d) He wet himself.

2. What colored animal did Akira Kurosawa think his family should have gotten when he was young?
(a) A black dog.
(b) A gray cat.
(c) A yellow canary.
(d) A goldfish.

3. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) She quietly buys him a new one.
(b) She does not replace it.
(c) She goes back to the site of the duel that night and collects the lost item.
(d) She gave him another that belonged to his brother.

4. At the beginning of A Distant Village, Kurosawa says he considers himself what?
(a) A lifelong student.
(b) A child of the planet earth.
(c) A closet westerner.
(d) A perpetual actor.

5. In The Gleam of Fireflies, who wrote a new speech to replace the one young Akira was given?
(a) Uekusa.
(b) Akira's older brother.
(c) Mr. Tachikawa.
(d) Akira.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what evocative metaphor does Kurosawa describe his smugness in the second chapter of this section?

2. In Keika Middle School, what event did young Akira win at his school?

3. What did the Kendo instructor at Kurosawa's school do that ingratiated him to Kurosawa?

4. What two virtues did Kurosawa's father attribute to movies in Babyhood?

5. As told in Storytellers, what image in a movie reduced young Akira to inconsolable tears?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the earthquake provide an opportunity for violence in Tokyo?

2. Why did Akira Kurosawa dislike his calligraphy tutor?

3. What ethical dilemma did Kurosawa face at his graduation?

4. What romantic gesture did Uekusa attempt at sixteen?

5. In Whirlwind, what sort of decline did Akira's older brother have?

6. Why was Akira sent to Toyokawa Village by his father?

7. How was Akira Kurosawa introduced to film at an early age?

8. How does Kurosawa compare his parents' personalities in Kendo?

9. In Honor and Revere, how did Akira improve his math skills?

10. How did young Akira put is Kendo into practice in self-defense?

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