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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter V, Tarkovsky writes, "I am always sickened when an artist underpins his system of images with deliberate tendentiousness or" what?
(a) Justification.
(b) Moralizing.
(c) Ideology.
(d) Nationalism.

2. What is the title of Chapter VIII?
(a) After Nostalgia.
(b) The Sacrifice.
(c) The Mirror.
(d) Stalker.

3. Who is quoted as having said, "'Life is more fantastic than any fiction" in Chapter V?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Marx.
(c) Dostoyevsky.
(d) Hemingway.

4. In Russian, 'Forgive me', is spoken how?
(a) Regretsy.
(b) Plrotoft.
(c) Prosteete.
(d) Prstost.

5. Of what does Tarkovsky write, "could be said to be a symbol of the universe, being linked with that absolute spiritual truth which is hidden from us in our positivistic, pragmatic activities"?
(a) Literature.
(b) Art.
(c) Man.
(d) Cinema.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the film, Nostalgia, shot?

2. What German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist does Tarkovsky discuss alongside Leonardo da Vinci in Chapter V?

3. Who wrote the following haiku: "The old pond was still / A frog jumped in the water / And a splash was heard"?

4. The two supporting characters in Nostalgia are named Domenico and what?

5. What is the title of Chapter V?

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