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

2. What word does Tarkovsky refer to as meaning: an artistic image means an aesthetic acceptance of the beautiful, on an emotional or even supra-emotional level?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Truth.
(d) Beauty.

3. In what year was the film Solaris produced?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1968.

4. Tarkovsky writes that, "From the very moment when Eve ate the apple from the tree of knowledge, mankind was doomed to strive endlessly after" what?
(a) Salvation.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Truth.
(d) God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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."

2. Tarkovsky writes in the Introduction, "Artistic creation, after all, is not subject to" what?

3. Tarkovsky claims that _______ and beauty are contained within each other.

4. What book of the Bible is quoted in Chapter II in discussing Tarkovsky's Andrey Rublyov?

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

(see the answer key)

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