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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. Tarkovsky writes in Chapter VII that he classifies music and cinema as what type of art form?
(a) Immediate.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Pronounced.
(d) Heightened.

2. What is the name of the central character in Nostalgia?
(a) Vassily Zhukovsky.
(b) Vyacheslav Ivanov.
(c) Beryózovsky.
(d) Andrei Gorchakov.

3. Tarkovsky claims in Chapter VI that all art is by nature, what?
(a) For the people.
(b) Aristocratic.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Truthful.

4. What is the title of Chapter VIII?
(a) After Nostalgia.
(b) The Mirror.
(c) The Sacrifice.
(d) Stalker.

5. Who said, "The function of the image is to express life itself, not ideas or arguments about life"?
(a) Kurosawa.
(b) Marx.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Gogol.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was The Sacrifice filmed?

3. What director's cinematic version of Macbeth is discussed in Chapter V?

4. Who starred in the film, Nostalgia?

5. What is the title of Chapter VII?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the artist "at odds with society," as Tarkovsky states in Chapter VII?

2. What regrets and successes did Tarkovsky have for the film, Mirrror?

3. What makes the cinema different than other art forms, according to Tarkovsky?

4. What Japanese form of art does Tarkovsky repeatedly compare cinema to? Why?

5. How did the film Mirror evolve from the script to the screen?

6. What does Tarkovsky write of "heroes" in Chapter VIII?

7. When was, The Sacrifice, conceived of? What drew Tarkovsky to this story?

8. What is the journey of the protagonist in Nostalgia? How is it tragic?

9. What is the journey of the protagonist in The Sacrifice? How is Tarkovsky's life reflected in the film?

10. How is success measured, according to Tarkovsky?

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