Seven Samurai Quizzes

Seven Samurai Quiz 1

1 Seven Samurai is cast with...
two morally ambiguous central characters

a central heroic star

an ensemble cast

a leading pair and supporting characters
2 Why are the villagers so unprotected from assault?
The bandits are supported by the government

It was not considered illegal to pillage in this time period

They have killed all of the samurai that could have helped them

Civil wars have divided the country, and the government is unable to help
3 The villagers have suffered all of the following problems EXCEPT:
Flooding

Heavy taxes

Forced labor

Drought
4 Yohei's expression and body language when he overhears the bandits characterizes him, and the villagers in general, as:
wily and dangerous

cautious but optimistic

steadfast and intelligent

weak and fearful
5 When the villagers first argue about how to deal with the bandits, Rikichi refers to which action that will drive a major conflict in the film?
Offering their daughters to the bandits

Killing themselves

Killing retreating samurai

Offering their daughters to the samurai
6 What does the circle of villagers, and Rikichi's separation from them, represent?
Rikichi is forward-looking, while the villagers are regressive

Rikichi will later turn against his village

Rikichi wishes to leave the village

Rikichi is isolated from the community in some way
7 In the first scene among the villagers we are introduced to which major conflict?
The conflict between Manzo and his daughter, Shino

The conflict between honorable samurai and vain samurai

The conflict between samurai-born and lower-born citizens

The struggle between those that wish to fight the bandits and those that wish to appease them
8 The focus on the mill wheel during the establishing shot of the Old Man's house might indicate all of the following EXCEPT:
The old man's plan will require the villagers to survive only on millet

The mill will be used to finally defeat the bandits

The old man holds an important position in the town

The mill will later be destroyed
9 In the larger city, the shots follow the gaze of the four farmers rapidly from samurai to samurai in order to...
Reflect their desire to give up on the task

Generate a sense of the difficulty of finding the kind of samurai necessary

Generate a sense of the wealth of options of samurai to choose from in the city

Reflect their confusion as to what qualifies a samurai
10 The first samurai we encounter gives us an important introduction to...
The social hierarchy to which the samurai adhere

The fact that many samurai are starving in this time of crisis.

The type of truly honorable samurai that will help the farmers

The conflict between samurai-born samurai and 'fake' samurai
11 We are shown samurai that behave cruelly towards the farmers so that we...
Turn against the farmers ourselves

Identify with the samurai

Feel animosity toward the samurai

Sympathize more with the farmers
12 Kurosawa uses a rainstorm while the villagers are in the larger city for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
To foreshadow the rain of the final large battle

To heighten the dismal mood and the feelings of hopelessness that the farmers feel

To create a visually dynamic image in the frame

To raise the stakes of their search by putting a time pressure on the ripening of barley
13 The men at the inn who tease the farmers primarily function to...
Demonstrate the kindness of some honorable samurai

Remind the audience of the lack of a strong, centralized government

Demonstrate the low position of farmers in society

Remind the audience of the farmer's poor diet
14 The men at the inn repeat which sentiment that we have already heard in the village?
The farmers should fight the bandits alone

The farmers should abandon their village

There are many brave, strong, and starving samurai to be found

The farmers should just kill themselves
15 The weak and starving samurai at the inn serves which purpose?
He contributes to the feeling that any samurai they find will be weak and pathetic

He makes the mean men in the inn look nice in comparison

He gives them hope that they will find samurai to help them

He reminds them how much better off they would be without the bandits
16 Why are Manzo and Rikichi wrestling on the second morning in the city?
Rikichi wants to sleep with Manzo's daughter

Their dispute over how to deal with the bandits has escalated

Manzo is mad that Rikichi did not stand up to the men at the inn

Rikichi wants to give up and Manzo wants to stay longer in the city
17 During the fight between Rikichi and Manzo, Rikichi first introduces the conflict...
between the villagers who are defenseless and the samurai that might take advantage of them

between villagers who want to appease the bandits and those that want to fight

between villagers who still have something to lose to the bandits and those who already have nothing

between the samurai that adhere to a societally engrained 'honor code' and those that follow their own internal moral compass
18 How does Rikichi first bring up the conflict between villagers who have lost their family and those who still have family to protect?
He reminds Manzo that he lost his wife to the bandits last year

He suggests that Manzo offer up his daughter to the bandits in exchange for peace

He asks Manzo which villager he would be willing to kill for peace with the bandits

He tells Manzo that he should sacrifice himself for he village if he believes in bargaining like that
19 Who is the first of the seven samurai that we encounter?
Katsushiro

Kikuchiyo

Gorobei

Kambei
20 What is Katsushiro doing when we meet him?
He is watching Kambei prepare to attack a thief

He is getting his first samurai robe

He is fighting with Kikuchiyo

He is shaving his head
21 What is Kambei doing when we first encounter him?
He is fighting a thief

He is rubbing his head

He is dueling another samurai

He is cutting off his samurai knot
22 Why does Kambei shave his head?
Because he lost an important battle

Because he has been shamed as a samurai

To pretend to be a monk to save a child

To pretend to be a monk to steal food
23 How is Kikuchiyo characterized in contrast to Kambei when we first meet them?
He is gentle and soft spoken, where Kambei is tough and loud

He is proud and boisterous, where Kambei is humble and reserved

He is kind but stern, where Kambei is mean and unpredictable

He is angry and slovenly, where Kambei is gentle and neat
24 What are we meant to take from Kambei's actions around his rescue of the child from the thief?
He cares more about helping people than samurai customs and social hierarchy

He cares less about helping people than whether he will be fed

He cares more about helping people than he does about whether he will be fed

He cares less about helping people than he does about impressing other samurai
25 In what way does Kambei insult Kikuchiyo when they first meet?
He tells him that he knows he was born a peasant

He calls him insulting names

He questions Kikuchiyo's intelligence

He questions whether Kikuchiyo is really a samurai

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