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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose ring bore the inscription, 'All will pass'?
(a) King Solomon.
(b) King James I.
(c) King Henry VI.
(d) King Richard III.

2. What was the last of Tarkovsky's student films, while at the Institute?
(a) Solaris.
(b) The Killers.
(c) The Steamroller and the Violin.
(d) There Will be No Leave Today.

3. In Chapter IV, Tarkovsky writes that "anyone who decides to become a director is risking" what?
(a) Their family security.
(b) Their happiness.
(c) The rest of their lives.
(d) Their past.

4. The two supporting characters in Nostalgia are named Domenico and what?
(a) Eugenia.
(b) Alexandra.
(c) Maria.
(d) Sarah.

5. What is the title of Chapter VII?
(a) The Beginning.
(b) After Nostalgia.
(c) The Artist's Responsibility.
(d) The Author in Search of an Audience.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the film, Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station, produced?

2. In what year did Tarkovsky produce the student film, There Will be No Leave Today?

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

4. Who observed, "Poets are philosophers. You might equally well compare the painter of sea-scapes to a ship's captain"?

5. Who wrote in, My Past and Thoughts: "In his true works the poet and artist is always national"?

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