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

2. The setting of Ivan's Childhood is during what war?

3. Who starred in the film, Persona?

4. Tarkovsky concludes the Introduction by stating, "The corpus of theory relating to cinema is still" what?

5. What film did Tarkovsky produce in 1961?

Short Essay Questions

1. What paintings does Tarkovsky compare when discussing "masterpiece" in Chapter II?

2. How has the cinema evolved and why, since its inception?

3. What does Tarkovsky define "the artist" as in the text? What is the artist's chief weapon and goal?

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

5. What was the first moving picture to be released? When and where was it released?

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

7. Who was Tarkovsky's father? What was his occupation?

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

9. What does Tarkovsky say of the role of screenwriters in Chapter III?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Andrey Tarkovsky's career in film. What drew the director to cinema? Where did he study? How many films did he produce?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the concept of objectivity and subjectivity in judging art. Is it possible to set standards for art or is art an entirely aesthetic and subjective medium? What is Tarkovsky's belief?

Essay Topic 3

Define the term "mise-en-scene" and discuss how it has been approached by different filmmakers. What is Tarkovsky's view on the cinematic mise-en-scene?

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