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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the short story upon which Ivan's Childhood was based?
(a) Evgeny Zharikov.
(b) Ivan Bondarev.
(c) Alexander Kruschev.
(d) Vladimir Bogomolov.

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

3. Tarkovsky writes in the Introduction, "My most fervent wish has always been to be able to speak out in my films, to say everything with total sincerity and without imposing my own ____ on others."
(a) Point of view.
(b) Morals.
(c) Understanding and love.
(d) Beliefs.

4. In what year was Marcel Proust born?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1799.

5. How long is the film, Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station?
(a) 2 minutes.
(b) 10 seconds.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 50 seconds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What central character of The Possessed is quoted in the beginning of Chapter III?

2. 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?

3. When was the film, Persona, produced?

4. What term does Tarkovsky refer to as meaning "cinema that boldly moves away, in its images, from what is factual and concrete, as pictured by real life, and at the same time affirms its own structural wholeness"?

5. Tarkovsky claims that _______ and beauty are contained within each other.

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Tarkovsky say he doubted his calling as an artist, in Chapter IV?

2. What drew Tarkovsky to produce Ivan's Childhood? Which film was this for Tarkovsky?

3. Why and how does Tarkovsky believe cinema arose when it did?

4. What does Tarkovsky write of his film school days in Chapter IV?

5. What types of imagery did Tarkovsky use in Ivan's Childhood? From where did he draw his ideas?

6. Describe the film Mirror. When was it produced?

7. Who was Tarkovsky's father? What was his occupation?

8. What admiration does Tarkovsky lend to Bunuel in Chapter II? Why?

9. What was the first moving picture to be released? When and where was it released?

10. What does Tarkovsky define "the artist" as in the text? What is the artist's chief weapon and goal?

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