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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) University of Moscow.
(b) Institute of Cinematography at Moscow.
(c) Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences.
(d) Institute of Medicine in Ukraine.

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

3. Tarkovsky writes in the Introduction that the public condemned his film Mirror for being "inadmissibly" what?
(a) Boring.
(b) Slow.
(c) Artistic.
(d) Elitist.

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

5. When was the film, Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station, produced?
(a) l951.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1896.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Tarkovsky make a student film in his fourth year of school?

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

3. What is the title of Chapter II?

4. When was the film, Persona, produced?

5. Tarkovsky states that cinema's unique aspect is this capturing and shaping of what?

(see the answer key)

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