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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tarkovsky claims that _______ and beauty are contained within each other.
(a) Art.
(b) Hideousness.
(c) Truth.
(d) Objectivity.

2. What German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, and communist revolutionary does Tarkovsky cite in Chapter V?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Lenin.
(c) Eisenstein.
(d) Marx.

3. What Russian novelist wrote War and Peace and Anna Karenina?
(a) Leo Tolstoy.
(b) Karishnakov.
(c) Dostoyevsky.
(d) Chekhov.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist does Tarkovsky discuss alongside Leonardo da Vinci in Chapter V?

2. Tarkovsky writes in Chapter II, "Art does not think logically, or formulate a logic of behaviour; it expresses its own postulate of ____."

3. Where was the film, Nostalgia, shot?

4. What is the title of Chapter VIII?

5. Who wrote, The Death of Ivan Ilych?

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