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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 is the author of War and Peace?
2. In Chapter VII, Tarkovsky writes that "the director's power is such that it can create the illusion for him of being a kind of" what?
3. What Russian serf composer appears in Nostalgia?
4. What filming technique did Tarkovsky implement more in The Sacrifice than in any of his other films?
5. What artist, born in the 1360s, is considered to be the greatest medieval Russian painter of Orthodox icons and frescoes?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Tarkovsky's film, Nostalgia. Where and when was it filmed?
2. How did the film Mirror evolve from the script to the screen?
3. What is the journey of the protagonist in Nostalgia? How is it tragic?
4. What does Tarkovsky write of the director's "vision" in Chapter V?
5. Due to the state that cinema is in, what struggles does the artist face as filmmaker? What does Tarkovsky suggest he focus on?
6. What percentage of an audience is there for entertainment, according to Tarkovsky? Who must the director play to?
7. How does Tarkovsky describe the stresses of filming on The Sacrifice?
8. What is the all-powerful factor of film to Tarkovsky? Why?
9. Tarkovsky describes the filmmaker's responsibility to share his story in Chapter VII. What does he say?
10. How does Tarkovsky describe the use of symbolism in his films?
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 Tarkovsky's comparisons between Thomas Mann and Leo Tolstoy. What stylistic similarities and differences exist in each author's work?
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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