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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose ring bore the inscription, 'All will pass'?
(a) King Solomon.
(b) King Richard III.
(c) King Henry VI.
(d) King James I.

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

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

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

5. Tarkovsky writes that, "From the very moment when Eve ate the apple from the tree of knowledge, mankind was doomed to strive endlessly after" what?
(a) God.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Salvation.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the film, Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station, produced?

2. Tarkovsky asserts in Chapter I that the artist should be free to bring his own what to a film?

3. Who directed and produced the film, Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station?

4. Tarkovsky writes in the Introduction, "I realized that I generally came to recognize my own working principles through questioning" what?

5. Who wrote the book of short stories, In Our Time?

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