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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 is the title of Chapter V?
2. Who wrote the poems upon which the film, Mirror, was loosely based?
3. What genre of art does Tarkovsky claim is, The Sacrifice?
4. Who wrote the following haiku: "The old pond was still / A frog jumped in the water / And a splash was heard"?
5. What does Tarkovsky write that all manufacture has to essentially be, in Chapter VI?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Tarkovsky's film, Nostalgia. Where and when was it filmed?
2. What is the journey of the protagonist in Nostalgia? How is it tragic?
3. What is the journey of the protagonist in The Sacrifice? How is Tarkovsky's life reflected in the film?
4. How does Tarkovsky describe the stresses of filming on The Sacrifice?
5. What does Tarkovsky write of the director's "vision" in Chapter V?
6. How does Tarkovsky describe the difference between painting and cinema in Chapter VII?
7. What does Tarkovsky claim the link is between the artist and audience in Chapter VI?
8. What painting of Leonardo Da Vinci's does Tarkovsky discuss in Chapter V? What remarks does he make on the painting?
9. Tarkovsky describes the filmmaker's responsibility to share his story in Chapter VII. What does he say?
10. What percentage of an audience is there for entertainment, according to Tarkovsky? Who must the director play to?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who observed, "Poets are philosophers. You might equally well compare the painter of sea-scapes to a ship's captain"? What does this phrase mean in the context of Tarkovsky's theories?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Describe the letters Tarkovsky cites as his reasons for writing Sculpting in Time: Reflections on the Cinema. What was the common response to Tarkovsky's works?
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