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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. What Russian serf composer appears in Nostalgia?
(a) Vyacheslav Ivanov.
(b) Vassily Zhukovsky.
(c) Beryózovsky.
(d) Pasternak.

2. Where was The Sacrifice filmed?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Sweden.

3. When was the film, Mirror, released?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1975.

4. What filming technique did Tarkovsky implement more in The Sacrifice than in any of his other films?
(a) The fade in.
(b) The dolly shot.
(c) The fade out.
(d) The long shot.

5. Who wrote Tales of Sevastopol?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Doestoyevsky.
(c) Beckett.
(d) Tolstoy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tarkovsky claims in Chapter IX that he got the idea for The Sacrifice long before what film?

2. In order to be what, does Tarkovsky write, "you simply have to be so, without asking permission of anybody"?

3. Who played the title role in the film, Stalker?

4. The structure of which of Tarkovsky's films does he write, "strikes me today as disjointed and incoherent" in Chapter VIII?

5. What is the title of Chapter VIII?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Tarkovsky describe the use of symbolism in his films?

3. Due to the state that cinema is in, what struggles does the artist face as filmmaker? What does Tarkovsky suggest he focus on?

4. Tarkovsky describes the filmmaker's responsibility to share his story in Chapter VII. What does he say?

5. What does Tarkovsky define "commercializing" as in Chapter VII? What is the filmmaker's duty in this regard?

6. Describe Tarkovsky's film, Nostalgia. Where and when was it filmed?

7. What kept Tarkovsky from quitting the cinema after Mirror?

8. What does Tarkovsky write of the director's "vision" in Chapter V?

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

10. What does Tarkovsky mean by "immediate" art forms in Chapter VII?

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