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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 innovation made One Wonderful Sunday a sensation in Paris?
(a) Surreal dream sequences.
(b) Disjointed chronology.
(c) Audience interaction.
(d) Use of multiple languages.

2. What is the PCL?
(a) A massage parlor.
(b) A sales firm.
(c) A photo lab.
(d) A film school.

3. Where did Kurosawa choose to shoot the fight scene from Sugata Sanshiro?
(a) In a thick forested area.
(b) On a mountain.
(c) On a soundstage.
(d) On the roof of his house.

4. What natural disaster nearly ends the shoot of The Stray Dog?
(a) Hurricane.
(b) Typhoon.
(c) Earthquake.
(d) Tsunami.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famed director observed the filming of The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail while the US was occupying Japan?

2. What innovation in movies arrived in the chapter An Alleyway in the Floating World?

3. In what time period does Rashomon take place?

4. What terrifying job did Yamamoto Kajiro give Akira as chief assistant?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Kurosawa's relationship with Japanese censors.

3. Why was the final fight of Sugata Sanshiro a challenge for Kurosawa?

4. Why does Kurosawa think Sugata Sanshiro, Part II, was a failure?

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

6. Describe the incident with the censor and the gate?

7. How did Akira's brother die?

8. How did Mifune Toshiro and Kurosawa begin work together?

9. How did an army major and Akira Kurosawa come to an agreement regarding cutting a scene from one of his films?

10. How did Kurosawa end up directing Sugata Sanshiro?

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