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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tarkovsky claims in Chapter II that it is indisputable that all art has the goal to explain what?

2. Who directed the film, Persona?

3. Who wrote in, "A Dialectic Approach to Film Form", that montage is "the nerve of cinema"?

4. Of what artist does Tarkovsky write when, "he was dying of hunger went off into the mountains with a home-made bow and arrow to shoot some sort of game" in Chapter I?

5. What Russian author wrote the short story, The Forged Coupon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What admiration does Tarkovsky lend to Bunuel in Chapter II? Why?

2. What does Tarkovsky say of cinematic "tricks" and special effects in Chapter III?

3. What drew Tarkovsky to produce Ivan's Childhood? Which film was this for Tarkovsky?

4. Describe Tarkovsky's take on the mise-en-scene of film.

5. What does Tarkovsky lament of modern art and mankind in Chapter IV?

6. Describe the protagonist and his journey in Andrey Rublyov.

7. When does Tarkovsky say he doubted his calling as an artist, in Chapter IV?

8. Describe the film Mirror. When was it produced?

9. Why and how does Tarkovsky believe cinema arose when it did?

10. Who was Innokentiy Smoktunovsky? What was he known for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the reasons that cinema has evolved as it has though time, examining Tarkovsky's point of view. Why and how does Tarkovsky believe cinema arose when it did? What changes was he unable to witness?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Tarkovsky's reasoning of time as the central element of film. What other art forms incorporate time and or memory? How?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the film, Ivan's Childhood. When was it produced? How long did the film take to shoot? What is the subject, plot and theme?

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