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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what author does Tarkovsky write, "the most interesting characters are outwardly static, but inwardly charged with energy by an overriding passion"?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Dostoyevsky.
(c) Bollingsworth.
(d) Tolstoy.

2. A woman from where wrote to ask Tarkovsky, "Thank you for Mirror. My childhood was like that. . . . Only how did you know about it?"
(a) Ukraine.
(b) Moscow.
(c) London.
(d) Gorky.

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

4. Tarkovsky states that cinema's unique aspect is this capturing and shaping of what?
(a) Time.
(b) Story.
(c) Character.
(d) Space.

5. Tarkovsky claims in Chapter IX that he got the idea for The Sacrifice long before what film?
(a) Nostalgia.
(b) The Killer.
(c) Ivan's Childhood.
(d) Stalker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who penned the novel, Joseph and His Brothers?

2. Who wrote in, My Past and Thoughts: "In his true works the poet and artist is always national"?

3. Who wrote the novel, The Magic Mountain?

4. What Russian serf composer appears in Nostalgia?

5. Where did Tarkovsky study film-making?

(see the answer key)

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