1. Who played the title role in the film, Stalker?
(a) Alexander Blok.
(b) Kenji Mizoguchi.
(c) Alexander Kaidanovsky.
(d) Effendi Kapiyev.

2. Who is quoted as having said, "'Life is more fantastic than any fiction" in Chapter V?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Dostoyevsky.
(d) Marx.

3. Where did Tarkovsky study film-making?
(a) Paris Institute of Cinema Studies.
(b) State Institute of Cinematography.
(c) Moscow Institute of Film Studies.
(d) Ukrainian Institute of Cinematography.

4. In what year was the film, Nostalgia, produced?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1979.

5. Tarkovsky claims in Chapter VI that the yardsticks by which art is distinguished from non-art are what?
(a) Invisible.
(b) Not short.
(c) Impossible to demonstrate.
(d) Not long.

Short Answer Questions

1. What German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, and communist revolutionary does Tarkovsky cite in Chapter V?

2. Who does Tarkovsky quote as having said, "If you want to enjoy art, you must be artistically educated"?

3. Whose ring bore the inscription, 'All will pass'?

4. What film did Tarkovsky produce in 1961?

5. Who wrote the novel, The Magic Mountain?

(see the answer key)

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