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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 is a critical term used for a specific trend of nineteenth-century European literature and associated principally with the name of Zola?
(a) Realism.
(b) Dadaism.
(c) Neo-symbolism.
(d) Naturalism.

2. In Chapter VII, Tarkovsky writes, "People cease to feel any need for the beautiful or the spiritual, and consume films like bottles of" what?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Coca-Cola.
(c) Water.
(d) Wine.

3. In what year was the film, Nostalgia, produced?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1989.

4. Who was the star of the film, Mirror?
(a) Nikolai Grinko.
(b) Valentin Zubkov.
(c) Margarita Terekhova.
(d) Evgeny Zharikov.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Chinese concept is used to describe how polar or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn?

2. Where was The Sacrifice filmed?

3. Who is the author of War and Peace?

4. What film did Tarkovsky produce in 1979?

5. Tarkovsky seriously considered quitting directing after what film?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Tarkovsky's response to "how can the artist even begin to make films to please others"?

6. What percentage of an audience is there for entertainment, according to Tarkovsky? Who must the director play to?

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

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

9. What is the all-powerful factor of film to Tarkovsky? Why?

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

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