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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Marcel Proust born?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1871.

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

3. What does Tarkovsky claim an artist never truly is, in Chapter VI?
(a) Rich.
(b) Free.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Lying.

4. In what year did Tarkovsky produce the student film, There Will be No Leave Today?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1965.

5. Tarkovsky claims in Chapter VI that the yardsticks by which art is distinguished from non-art are what?
(a) Impossible to demonstrate.
(b) Not short.
(c) Invisible.
(d) Not long.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Russian author wrote the short story, The Forged Coupon?

2. What does Tarkovsky write will still always be a code standing for a logical deduction in the scientist?

3. What Latin term does Tarkovsky use to refer to the role of the director as a representative of the masses?

4. When was the film, Persona, produced?

5. Tarkovsky seriously considered quitting directing after what film?

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