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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With whom did Tarkovsky make a student film in his fourth year of school?
(a) Innokentiy Smoktunovsky.
(b) Arseniy Alexandrovich Tarkovsky.
(c) Alexander Gorky.
(d) Alexander Gordon.

3. In what year did Tarkovsky produce Ivan's Childhood?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1989.

4. What German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist does Tarkovsky discuss alongside Leonardo da Vinci in Chapter V?
(a) Bach.
(b) Salieri.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Beethoven.

5. Who wrote the book Images?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Ingmar Bergman.
(c) Leo Tolstoy.
(d) Thomas Mann.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tarkovsky quotes a woman from where, who wrote to say she'd seen Mirror four times in the previous week, in the Introduction?

2. What term means a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd, but in reality expresses a possible truth?

3. The film, The Killers, was based on a short story by whom?

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

5. Who is the central character in the film, The Sacrifice?

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