Rashomon (Film) Quizzes

Rashomon (Film) Quiz 1

1 Rashomon is based on two short stories by which Japanese author?
Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Yukio Mishima

Kenzaburo Oe

Natsume Soseki
2 Which character does not provide testimony in court?
The priest

The commoner

The policeman

The woodcutter
3 Whose court testimony has no witnesses?
The priest's

The wife's

The woodcutter's

The commoner's
4 The director of the film is
Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Ryunosuke Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Akutagawa
5 The policeman captures a bandit named
Toshiro

Ryu

Akira

Tajomaru
6 In Tajomaru's tale...
Tajomaru kills the samurai and rapes the wife

Both the samurai and the wife escape

Tajomaru rapes the wife and runs away

Tajomaru kills the samurai and the wife escapes
7 Who was not present at the events surrounding the samurai's death?
The woodcutter

Tajomaru

The priest

The samurai's wife
8 Who does not act as a witness to court testimonies?
The woodcutter

The priest

The commoner

The policeman
9 Who adopts the baby at the end of the film?
The woodcutter

The commoner

The priest

The wife
10 What is the Rashomon?
The name of the samurai

The name of the region

The name of the city-gate

The name of the king
11 Which character defends lies so long as they are "entertaining"?
The commoner

The woodcutter

The priest

Tajomaru
12 Who dies in the all versions of the story?
The samurai

The samurai's wife

Tajomaru

The woodcutter
13 What year was Rashomon released?
1945

1948

1949

1950
14 Which of the following is not a location in the film?
The city

The Rashomon gate

The grove

The courthouse
15 Where does the commoner suggest the Rashomon gate might hide corpses?
The roof

The walls

The garden

The basement
16 Who in the film testifies about committing suicide?
The samurai's ghost and Tajomaru

The samurai's ghost and the wife

Tajomaru and the wife

The wife and the woodcutter
17 How does Tajomaru claim he tricked the samurai?
Telling him a riddle

Hypnotizing him

Claiming to have magical powers

Leading him to buried treasure
18 Who tells the first story of the events leading up to the samurai's death?
The woodcutter

Tajomaru

The wife

The samurai's ghost
19 In her tale, how does the wife try to kill herself?
Drowning

Poisoning

Hanging

Stabbing
20 How does the court communicate with the dead samurai?
By reading tea leaves

By using a psychic medium

By reading his last will and testament

By using a Ouija board
21 What are the woodcutter and the priest doing at the very beginning of the film?
Eating

Staring at the rain

Sleeping

Gathering firewood
22 Who discovers the samurai's body?
The policeman

The woodcutter

The commoner

The priest
23 Who captures and brings Tajomaru to court?
The policeman

The woodcutter

The commoner

The priest
24 How does the priest describe the wife's testimony?
Fierce and strong-willed

Vengeful and petty

Docile and pathetic

Dry and toneless
25 Which character announces he might lose his faith in the human soul?
The woodcutter

The priest

The policeman

The commoner

The "Rashomon effect" occurs whenever at least two witnesses provide competing testimonies about a given event. The word is attributed to Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film Rashomon, which in turn is adapted from Ryu Akutagawa's short stories "Rashomon"...

Asked by Donald T #876374

Answered by Aslan on 9/15/2022 9:36 PM