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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. What word does Tarkovsky refer to as meaning: an artistic image means an aesthetic acceptance of the beautiful, on an emotional or even supra-emotional level?

2. What novelist wrote The Possessed?

3. What film did Tarkovsky produce in 1961?

4. Tarkovsky writes in the Introduction that the public condemned his film Mirror for being "inadmissibly" what?

5. Tarkovsky writes in his Introduction that he began jotting notes for the first draft of this book how many years prior?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Tarkovsky define as cinema's unique aspect in Chapter III? What would the ideal film be?

4. What does Tarkovsky assert of modern man in his Introduction to the text?

5. What did Tarkovsky learn of subjectivity in the artist making Ivan's Childhood?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Tarkovsky's position on commercialism and the cinema. How does he suggest the director approach compromise?

Essay Topic 3

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

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