Rashomon Quizzes

Rashomon Quiz

By Cameron Johanning · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed January 13, 2016

1 Who kills Takehiko?

We don't know!

Takehiko, the murdered man

Masago, his wife

Tajomaru, the brigand
2 What does Tajomaru have with him before his confession?

Takehiko's bow, quiver, and sword

Just the horse

Takehiko's bow and quiver; Masago's horse

Masago's small dagger and horse; Takehiko's bow and quiver
3 How does Tajomaru gag Takehiko?

He doesn't

Bamboo leaves

With the kimono

Rope
4 Where does Tajomaru want to do when he first sees the traveling couple?

Capture the woman without killing the man

Sell them inexpensive treasures

Kill the man and burglarize him

Rape the woman and leave
5 Who does Takehiko think killed him?

Tajomaru

A medium

Himself

Masago
6 Why is the servant standing under the Rashōmon?

All three!

He's recently lost his job

He has nowhere to go

It's pouring rain
7 What atrocity did the dead woman (not the old woman) commit?

Burglary

Made wigs out of hair

Sold dried snake as fish

Prostitution
8 What from the short story "Rashōmon" is used in the 1950 film of the same name?

The setting

The servant's mother

The plot

The characters
9 What distracts the servant from his ethical dilemma?

The festering pimple on his right cheek

The image of his old master letting him go

His tattered kimono

The crows that keep flying near the gate
10 Which theme does not appear in this short story collection?

Greed

The Bourgeoisie

Extramarital Affairs

Poverty
11 How do the boys respond to Goi's intervention when they are beating the dog?

The dog runs away

They stop, embarrassed

They beat Goi

They ridicule him and continue beating the dog
12 Why does Goi look forward to the festival every year?

He wants to announce his retirement

He is hoping to earn a prize

They are all equals at the dining table

They serve yam gruel
13 Where does Goi think Toshihito will take him?

Nara

Hot spring

The southern gate of Kyōto

His home in Tsuruga
14 What messenger does Toshihito send to his home?

His wife

The footman and valet

A fox from Sakamoto

20-30 servants
15 When does Goi sneeze into the yam gruel?

As Goi tries to get up to leave

As Arihito tells him to eat more

When everybody is watching the fox eat his share of gruel

When Toshihito tickles him
16 How does the congregation know that Lorenzo did not impregnate the woman?

Simeon is the father

The Father Superior admits to having known

Lorenzo is a girl

The woman is caught in her licentious affair with a heathen
17 When did Lorenzo arrive in Nagasaki?

Simeon carried Lorenzo in after fending the brothers from heathens

When Lorenzo was born

The umbrella-maker's daughter bore Lorenzo

On Christmas night
18 Who was Lorenzo's best friend?

Simeon

The Father Superior

The Umbrella-maker

The Umbrella-maker's Daughter
19 How does Simeon find out about the girl's attraction to Lorenzo?

A letter found in the back garden of the church

She tells him

Simeon asks when he is visiting the baby

Lorenzo confesses to him
20 Who goes to save the baby first when the umbrella-maker's house is on fire?

The umbrella-maker's daughter

Simeon

Father Superior

Lorenzo
21 Who does Morito wish to kill?

Himself

Kesa's mother

Wataru

Kesa
22 Who does Kesa want Morito to kill?

Wataru

Herself (Kesa) as well as Wataru

Himself (Morito)

Herself (Kesa)
23 Who tells the story of Hanazō to Uji?

His wife

A servant fan-boy

An old potter

He tells the story
24 Who comes to visit Hanazō before shortly before March 3rd?

Emon, the arrogant priest

His aunt, a priestess

The woman who couldn't read the notice-board

The 9-year old girl with the dream
25 What does Uji say about people back in the olden days?

They are silly to believe that dragons exist

If they believed there were dragons, then they were there!

People were much dumber back then

Hanazō was a smart man to have pulled off his illusion