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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who starred in the film, Nostalgia?
(a) Vassily Zhukovsky.
(b) Oleg Yankovsky.
(c) Vyacheslav Ivanov.
(d) Andrei Gorchakov.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Tarkovsky die?

2. In what year was the film Solaris produced?

3. What was the first version of The Sacrifice to be titled initially?

4. In his Conclusion, Tarkovsky compares what artistic mediums of the East and West?

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

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