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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. What did Naruse Mikio use to build a scene?
(a) Voiceover.
(b) A single, extended shot.
(c) One establishing shot, and some closeups.
(d) Many short shots.

2. At the end of this section, what impelled Kurosawa to walk out on the studio?
(a) His family death.
(b) His lack of artistic autonomy.
(c) A bout of heavy drinking.
(d) The horribly handled strike.

3. 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.

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

5. What emotion did Mifune Toshiro choose to present in his audition from Akira Kurosawa?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Anger.
(c) Remorse.
(d) Bemusement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the man who inspired a character in Scandal distraught over?

2. Why was the shooting of the final fight in Sugata Sanshiro held up for two days?

3. What separated Akira from his contemporaries on set with Yamamoto Kajiro?

4. After the war, what did Akira make a conscious effort to learn about?

5. How did film-goers know that a particular night shot in Sugata Sanshiro was shot during the day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What terrible experience does Kurosawa relate at the end of An Alleyway in the Floating World?

2. How did Yanamoto help Akira grow as a director?

3. What was Akira's editing experience under Yanamoto?

4. Who were Akira's major influences in becoming the man he became?

5. What controversy does Kurosawa have filming a night scene in Sugata Sanshiro?

6. What character flaw does Akira Kurosawa admit to at the end of Something Like an Autobiography?

7. How did Akira accept japan's defeat in the war?

8. What was the talent like at the PCL?

9. How did One Wonderful Sunday reunite Akira and Mr. Tachikawa?

10. How is Akira Kurosawa angered by the state of Japan's film industry?

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