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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. Whom does Tarkovsky write about in Chapter II who believed the poet had the gift of prophecy?

2. Tarkovsky writes in Chapter II, "Art does not think logically, or formulate a logic of behaviour; it expresses its own postulate of ____."

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

4. In what year did Tarkovsky produce Ivan's Childhood?

5. Trokovsky writes in Chapter III that cinema is said to be a _____ art.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Tarkovsky feel the director should view the audience? What credit does he give them?

4. What does Tarkovsky write in Chapter II of art's aim in preparation of man?

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

6. What is the essential meaning of art to Tarkovsky? What does he write of modern art?

7. How does Tarkovsky define time and memory in Chapter III?

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

9. What is the relationship of the artist to his audience? What is the role of intercommunication?

10. What does Tarkovsky define a "masterpiece" as?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the director and filmmaker, Luis Buñuel Portolés. Why does Tarkovsky discuss him in the text?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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