Rashomon (Film) Quizzes

Rashomon (Film) Quiz 1

1 Rashomon is based on two short stories by which Japanese author?
Natsume Soseki

Yukio Mishima

Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Kenzaburo Oe
2 Which character does not provide testimony in court?
The policeman

The woodcutter

The commoner

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

The woodcutter's

The commoner's

The priest's
4 The director of the film is
Akira Kurosawa

Akira Akutagawa

Ryunosuke Kurosawa

Ryunosuke Akutagawa
5 The policeman captures a bandit named
Tajomaru

Akira

Toshiro

Ryu
6 In Tajomaru's tale...
Both the samurai and the wife escape

Tajomaru rapes the wife and runs away

Tajomaru kills the samurai and the wife escapes

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

The woodcutter

Tajomaru

The priest
8 Who does not act as a witness to court testimonies?
The priest

The woodcutter

The policeman

The commoner
9 Who adopts the baby at the end of the film?
The priest

The commoner

The wife

The woodcutter
10 What is the Rashomon?
The name of the king

The name of the region

The name of the samurai

The name of the city-gate
11 Which character defends lies so long as they are "entertaining"?
The woodcutter

The commoner

The priest

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

The woodcutter

The samurai

Tajomaru
13 What year was Rashomon released?
1949

1948

1945

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

The city

The courthouse

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

The walls

The basement

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

The wife and the woodcutter

Tajomaru and the wife

The samurai's ghost and the wife
17 How does Tajomaru claim he tricked the samurai?
Claiming to have magical powers

Hypnotizing him

Telling him a riddle

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

The wife

The woodcutter

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

Drowning

Stabbing

Hanging
20 How does the court communicate with the dead samurai?
By using a psychic medium

By reading tea leaves

By using a Ouija board

By reading his last will and testament
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 commoner

The priest

The policeman

The woodcutter
23 Who captures and brings Tajomaru to court?
The commoner

The priest

The policeman

The woodcutter
24 How does the priest describe the wife's testimony?
Vengeful and petty

Docile and pathetic

Dry and toneless

Fierce and strong-willed
25 Which character announces he might lose his faith in the human soul?
The commoner

The priest

The woodcutter

The policeman

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