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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the star of the film, Mirror?
(a) Evgeny Zharikov.
(b) Nikolai Grinko.
(c) Margarita Terekhova.
(d) Valentin Zubkov.

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

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

4. Who does Tarkovsky quote in having said that, "the poet creates harmony out of chaos"?
(a) Alexander Blok.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Ugetsu Monogatari.
(d) Pushkin.

5. Tarkovsky claims in Chapter II that it is indisputable that all art has the goal to explain what?
(a) God.
(b) Mankind.
(c) Meaning of existence.
(d) Evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, and communist revolutionary does Tarkovsky cite in Chapter V?

2. What Italian painter of the Venetian school and contemporary of Raphael does Tarkovsky discuss in Chapter II?

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

4. In what year was the film, Nostalgia, produced?

5. What director's cinematic version of Macbeth is discussed in Chapter V?

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