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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter V?
(a) Ivan's Childhood.
(b) After Nostalgia.
(c) The Film Image.
(d) The Sacrifice.

2. What German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist does Tarkovsky discuss alongside Leonardo da Vinci in Chapter V?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Bach.
(c) Salieri.
(d) Beethoven.

3. Of what does Tarkovsky write, "could be said to be a symbol of the universe, being linked with that absolute spiritual truth which is hidden from us in our positivistic, pragmatic activities"?
(a) Cinema.
(b) Art.
(c) Literature.
(d) Man.

4. Whom does Tarkovsky write about in Chapter II who believed the poet had the gift of prophecy?
(a) Pushkin.
(b) Alexander Dovzhenko.
(c) Effendi Kapiyev.
(d) Alexander Blok.

5. Who starred in the film, Nostalgia?
(a) Vassily Zhukovsky.
(b) Vyacheslav Ivanov.
(c) Oleg Yankovsky.
(d) Andrei Gorchakov.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is quoted as having said, "'Life is more fantastic than any fiction" in Chapter V?

2. Tarkovsky claims that _______ and beauty are contained within each other.

3. Which role did Larisa Tarkovskaya play in the film, The Mirror?

4. What Roman poet is best known as the author of the three major collections of erotic poetry: Heroides, Amores, and Ars Amatoria?

5. What refers to a military rank and historical title for a hereditary military dictator of Japan?

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