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

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) Dostoyevsky.
(b) Bollingsworth.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Hemingway.

2. 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."
(a) Morals.
(b) Understanding and love.
(c) Point of view.
(d) Beliefs.

3. 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) Michail Carwovsky.
(b) Leo Tolstoy.
(c) Alexander Kruschev.
(d) Alexander Grin.

4. Tarkovsky writes in the Introduction, "Artistic creation, after all, is not subject to" what?
(a) Absolute laws.
(b) Governmental control.
(c) Regulation.
(d) Opinion.

5. What refers to the version of a screenplay that is used during the production of a motion picture?
(a) Storyboard.
(b) Shooting script.
(c) Production script.
(d) Post-production script.

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman's letter discussing words and language in the Introduction cites which Shakespearean play?

2. According to Tarkovsky in Chapter I, "When a writer and a director have different aesthetic starting points, compromise is" what?

3. In what year was Tarkovsky's film Mirror released?

4. In what year did Tarkovsky die?

5. In what year was the film Solaris produced?

(see the answer key)

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