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

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. Who was the star of the film, Mirror?
(a) Nikolai Grinko.
(b) Valentin Zubkov.
(c) Margarita Terekhova.
(d) Evgeny Zharikov.

3. 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) Truth.
(b) Salvation.
(c) God.
(d) Freedom.

4. In what year was the film, L'Argent, released?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1977.

5. What central character of The Possessed is quoted in the beginning of Chapter III?
(a) Ivanov.
(b) Kapiyev.
(c) Pasternak.
(d) Stavrogin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote: "Keep awake, keep awake, artist, / Do not give in to sleep . . . / You are eternity's hostage / And prisoner of time"?

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?

3. What is the title of the first of Tarkovsky's student films?

4. The film, Stalker, was based loosely on what novel?

5. What is the title of Chapter VII?

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