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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long did Tarkovsky work on his first feature film?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 6 years.

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

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

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

5. When was Tarkovsky born?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Of what author does Tarkovsky write, "the most interesting characters are outwardly static, but inwardly charged with energy by an overriding passion"?

4. A woman from where wrote to ask Tarkovsky, "Thank you for Mirror. My childhood was like that. . . . Only how did you know about it?"

5. What was the name of Andrey Tarkovsky's father?

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