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

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

3. What artist, born in the 1360s, is considered to be the greatest medieval Russian painter of Orthodox icons and frescoes?
(a) Kenji Mizoguchi.
(b) Alexander Blok.
(c) Effendi Kapiyev.
(d) Andrey Rublev.

4. 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) Martyr.
(b) Demiurge.
(c) God.
(d) Saint.

5. Tarkovsky writes in Chapter IX, "the more clearly I discerned the stamp of _____ on the face of our planet (irrespective of whether I was observing the West or the East), the more I came up against unhappy people"?
(a) Holiness.
(b) Narcissism.
(c) Materialism.
(d) Godlessness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tarkovsky points to whose portrait, "A Young Lady With a Juniper", as a masterpiece of art?

2. Tarkovsky writes in Chapter VII that he classifies music and cinema as what type of art form?

3. What is the title of Chapter VI?

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

5. Who had played the lead in all of Tarkovsky's films prior to The Sacrifice?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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