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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. Of which French film director does Tarkovsky write of his admiration for concentration?
(a) Bruneil.
(b) Bresson.
(c) Bergman.
(d) Cousteau.

2. Of whom does Tarkovsky write, "wasn't trying to convey his own experience to anyone, he wanted to put across ideas, purely and simply"?
(a) Rembrandt.
(b) Heerkomer.
(c) Picasso.
(d) Eisenstein.

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

4. What artist claimed "no acclaim could please me more than to have ordinary working people wanting to hang my lithographs in their rooms or their workshops"?
(a) Rembrandt.
(b) Vincent Van Gogh.
(c) Leonardo da Vinci.
(d) Picasso.

5. Whose dictum states: "in every sense, art is made for you, the people"?
(a) Marx's.
(b) Tolstoy's.
(c) Heerkomer's.
(d) Eisenstein's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Tarkovsky seriously considered quitting directing after what film?

3. Who wrote in, My Past and Thoughts: "In his true works the poet and artist is always national"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What painting of Leonardo Da Vinci's does Tarkovsky discuss in Chapter V? What remarks does he make on the painting?

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

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

4. When was, The Sacrifice, conceived of? What drew Tarkovsky to this story?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What conclusion does Tarkovsky find at the end of Chapter IX regarding mankind's condition?

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