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

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

3. Of what does Tarkovsky write, "could be said to be a symbol of the universe, being linked with that absolute spiritual truth which is hidden from us in our positivistic, pragmatic activities"?
(a) Man.
(b) Art.
(c) Literature.
(d) Cinema.

4. 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?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Truth.
(d) Beauty.

5. What notable Russian actor and director developed the most widely used method of acting today?
(a) Meyerhold.
(b) Chekhov.
(c) Stanislavsky.
(d) Meisner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tarkovsky writes of his film, Ivan's Childhood, "The stuff of the narrative was not the heroics of reconnaissance operations, but the interval between" what?

2. When was the film Andrei Rublev released?

3. A woman from where wrote to ask Tarkovsky, "Thank you for Mirror. My childhood was like that. . . . Only how did you know about it?"

4. Of what artist does Tarkovsky write when, "he was dying of hunger went off into the mountains with a home-made bow and arrow to shoot some sort of game" in Chapter I?

5. Who starred in the film, Persona?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tarkovsky assert of modern man in his Introduction to the text?

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

3. What does Tarkovsky define a "masterpiece" as?

4. What paintings does Tarkovsky compare when discussing "masterpiece" in Chapter II?

5. Describe the protagonist and his journey in Andrey Rublyov.

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

7. What is the relationship of the artist to his audience? What is the role of intercommunication?

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

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

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

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