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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 claims to be against structuralist attempts to look at a _________ as a sign of something else.
(a) Character.
(b) Plot.
(c) Rain.
(d) Frame.

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

3. What is the title of Chapter VI?
(a) After Nostalgia.
(b) The Author in Search of an Audience.
(c) The Artist's Responsibility.
(d) The Stalker.

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

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) Materialism.
(b) Godlessness.
(c) Holiness.
(d) Narcissism.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the film, Mirror, released?

2. Of which French film director does Tarkovsky write of his admiration for concentration?

3. What filming technique did Tarkovsky implement more in The Sacrifice than in any of his other films?

4. Who does Tarkovsky quote as having said, "If you want to enjoy art, you must be artistically educated"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Tarkovsky describe the stresses of filming on The Sacrifice?

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

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

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

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