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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What film did the woman civil engineer from Leningrad write to Tarkovsky about in the Introduction?
(a) The Sacrifice.
(b) The Mirror.
(c) Stalker.
(d) Nostalgia.

2. Tarkovsky concludes the Introduction by stating, "The corpus of theory relating to cinema is still" what?
(a) Large.
(b) Overwhelming.
(c) Vague.
(d) Slight.

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

4. What was the name of Andrey Tarkovsky's father?
(a) Innokenity Tarkovsky.
(b) Alexander Tarkovsky.
(c) Arseniy Tarkovsky.
(d) Ignat Tarkovsky.

5. Tarkovsky writes of his film, Ivan's Childhood, "The stuff of the narrative was not the heroics of reconnaissance operations, but the interval between" what?
(a) Two stagnations.
(b) Two conflicts.
(c) Two pauses.
(d) Two missions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Tarkovsky's first feature film?

2. What refers to the version of a screenplay that is used during the production of a motion picture?

3. What term is used to describe the design aspects of a theater or film production, both in visually artful ways through storyboarding, cinematography, stage design, and direction?

4. Tarkovsky writes in the Introduction, "My most fervent wish has always been to be able to speak out in my films, to say everything with total sincerity and without imposing my own ____ on others."

5. A member of what institute sent Tarkovsky a notice published in their wall newspaper stating that the appearance of Tarkovsky's film, Mirror, aroused wide interest in his institute as it did all over Moscow?

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