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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tarkovsky writes in his Introduction that he began jotting notes for the first draft of this book how many years prior?
(a) 3.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

2. Of what artist does Tarkovsky write when, "he was dying of hunger went off into the mountains with a home-made bow and arrow to shoot some sort of game" in Chapter I?
(a) Alexander Grin.
(b) Michail Carwovsky.
(c) Leo Tolstoy.
(d) Alexander Kruschev.

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

4. What word refers to the falling action of a narrative in film?
(a) Falling placement.
(b) Ending.
(c) Finale.
(d) Denouement.

5. What was Tarkovsky's first feature film?
(a) Ivan's Childhood.
(b) The Sacrifice.
(c) Nostalgia.
(d) The Killer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Andrey Tarkovsky's father?

2. Whom does Tarkovsky write about in Chapter II who believed the poet had the gift of prophecy?

3. What well-known Soviet and Russian actor and clown starred in many popular films and played Patrikey, Cathedral Treasurer, in Audrey Rublyov?

4. What is the title of Chapter II?

5. What Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century, is best known for Ulysses?

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