1. Of what artist does Tarkovsky write when, "he was dying of hunger went off into the mountains with a home-made bow and arrow to shoot some sort of game" in Chapter I?
(a) Michail Carwovsky.
(b) Alexander Grin.
(c) Leo Tolstoy.
(d) Alexander Kruschev.

2. What central character of The Possessed is quoted in the beginning of Chapter III?
(a) Stavrogin.
(b) Ivanov.
(c) Pasternak.
(d) Kapiyev.

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

4. Tarkovsky writes in the Introduction, "My most fervent wish has always been to be able to speak out in my films, to say everything with total sincerity and without imposing my own ____ on others."
(a) Morals.
(b) Understanding and love.
(c) Beliefs.
(d) Point of view.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A member of what institute sent Tarkovsky a notice published in their wall newspaper stating that the appearance of Tarkovsky's film, Mirror, aroused wide interest in his institute as it did all over Moscow?

2. When was Tarkovsky born?

3. Tarkovsky quotes a woman from where, who wrote to say she'd seen Mirror four times in the previous week, in the Introduction?

4. What novelist wrote The Possessed?

5. In what film does the Editor's note that is added in the commentary in this edition, appear as it was Tarkovsky's final film?

(see the answer key)

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