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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The setting of Ivan's Childhood is during what war?
(a) World War II.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Russian-Siberian War.
(d) The Cold War.

2. Tarkovsky writes in the Introduction, "Artistic creation, after all, is not subject to" what?
(a) Regulation.
(b) Opinion.
(c) Governmental control.
(d) Absolute laws.

3. Tarkovsky asserts in Chapter I that the artist should be free to bring his own what to a film?
(a) Peace.
(b) Story.
(c) Reality.
(d) Quality.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Tarkovsky concludes the Introduction by stating, "The corpus of theory relating to cinema is still" what?

2. Who was cast as the Narrator in the film Mirror?

3. In what year was the film Solaris produced?

4. What was the name of Andrey Tarkovsky's father?

5. The woman's letter discussing words and language in the Introduction cites which Shakespearean play?

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