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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 does Tarkovsky write that all manufacture has to essentially be, in Chapter VI?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Viable.
(c) Meaningful.
(d) Important.

2. Tarkovsky claims in Chapter IX that he got the idea for The Sacrifice long before what film?
(a) Ivan's Childhood.
(b) Stalker.
(c) Nostalgia.
(d) The Killer.

3. In Chapter VII, Tarkovsky writes that "the director's power is such that it can create the illusion for him of being a kind of" what?
(a) God.
(b) Martyr.
(c) Saint.
(d) Demiurge.

4. What German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist does Tarkovsky discuss alongside Leonardo da Vinci in Chapter V?
(a) Salieri.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Bach.

5. Tarkovsky begins Chapter VII by returning to the comparison of cinema to what?
(a) Literature.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Painting.
(d) Sculpting.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter VII, Tarkovsky writes, "People cease to feel any need for the beautiful or the spiritual, and consume films like bottles of" what?

2. Who penned the novel, Joseph and His Brothers?

3. Tarkovsky claims that In cinema, man's innate drive to what, finds one of its fullest and most direct means of realization?

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

5. Who is the central character in the film, The Sacrifice?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Tarkovsky claim the link is between the artist and audience in Chapter VI?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Tarkovsky describe the difference between painting and cinema in Chapter VII?

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