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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tarkovsky writes in the Introduction that the public condemned his film Mirror for being "inadmissibly" what?
(a) Artistic.
(b) Elitist.
(c) Boring.
(d) Slow.

2. The woman's letter discussing words and language in the Introduction cites which Shakespearean play?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

3. Who was cast as the Narrator in the film Mirror?
(a) Innokentiy Smoktunovsky.
(b) Ignat Daniltsev.
(c) Margarita Terekhova.
(d) Larisa Tarkovskaya.

4. What refers to the version of a screenplay that is used during the production of a motion picture?
(a) Storyboard.
(b) Production script.
(c) Shooting script.
(d) Post-production script.

5. What hero dies in the end of Ivan's Childhood?
(a) Alexander Kruschev.
(b) Lieutenant-Colonel Gryaznov.
(c) Lieutenant Galtsev.
(d) Ivan Bondarev.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tarkovsky asserts in Chapter I that the artist should be free to bring his own what to a film?

2. What was Tarkovsky's first feature film?

3. Tarkovsky writes in the Introduction, "Artistic creation, after all, is not subject to" what?

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

5. For how long did Tarkovsky work on his first feature film?

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