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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What notable Russian actor and director developed the most widely used method of acting today?
(a) Stanislavsky.
(b) Meyerhold.
(c) Chekhov.
(d) Meisner.

2. According to Tarkovsky in Chapter I, "When a writer and a director have different aesthetic starting points, compromise is" what?
(a) Inevitable.
(b) Possible.
(c) Tantamount.
(d) Impossible.

3. What well-known Soviet and Russian actor and clown starred in many popular films and played Patrikey, Cathedral Treasurer, in Audrey Rublyov?
(a) Dimitri Merezhkovsky.
(b) Effendi Kapiyev.
(c) Alexander Blok.
(d) Yuri Nikulin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Tarkovsky die?

2. In what year did Tarkovsky produce Ivan's Childhood?

3. What French film director directed, L'Argent?

4. What word means a figure in which the name of one thing is used in place of another that is suggested by or associated with it (e.g. the Kremlin for "the Russian government")?

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

(see the answer key)

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