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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What notable Russian actor and director developed the most widely used method of acting today?
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Meisner.
(c) Stanislavsky.
(d) Meyerhold.

2. Who is the author of War and Peace?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Doestoyevsky.
(c) Leo Tolstoy.
(d) Alexander Grin.

3. Who wrote in, My Past and Thoughts: "In his true works the poet and artist is always national"?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Alexander Grin.
(c) Alexander Herzen.
(d) Vladimir Bogomolov.

4. What was Tarkovsky's first feature film?
(a) The Killer.
(b) The Sacrifice.
(c) Ivan's Childhood.
(d) Nostalgia.

5. What word refers to the falling action of a narrative in film?
(a) Finale.
(b) Falling placement.
(c) Ending.
(d) Denouement.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Tarkovsky born?

2. Who starred in the film, Persona?

3. What French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental In Search of Lost Time is discussed by Tarkovsky in Chapter III?

4. What Latin term does Tarkovsky use to refer to the role of the director as a representative of the masses?

5. When was the film, Persona, produced?

(see the answer key)

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