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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. The film, Stalker, was based loosely on what novel?
(a) The Last Train.
(b) Last Night at Moscow.
(c) True Blood.
(d) Roadside Picnic.

2. Who starred in the film, Nostalgia?
(a) Andrei Gorchakov.
(b) Vyacheslav Ivanov.
(c) Oleg Yankovsky.
(d) Vassily Zhukovsky.

3. Who wrote the poems upon which the film, Mirror, was loosely based?
(a) Evgeny Zharikov.
(b) Margarita Terekhova.
(c) Arseny Tarkovsky.
(d) Nikolai Grinko.

4. Who wrote the following haiku: "The old pond was still / A frog jumped in the water / And a splash was heard"?
(a) Basho.
(b) Juini.
(c) Bishko.
(d) Illkiu.

5. Tarkovsky claims that In cinema, man's innate drive to what, finds one of its fullest and most direct means of realization?
(a) Self-destruction.
(b) Self-assertion.
(c) Self-denial.
(d) Self-promotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the poem quoted in Chapter IX, which begins, "Weary from hunger of spirit / Through grim wasteland I dragged my way"?

2. Of all of his films, in retrospect, Tarkovsky writes, "I have always wanted to tell of people possessed of" what?

3. Who wrote the book Images?

4. What is the title of Chapter VI?

5. Who wrote, The Death of Ivan Ilych?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is success measured, according to Tarkovsky?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What makes the cinema different than other art forms, according to Tarkovsky?

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

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