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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book of the Bible is quoted in Chapter II in discussing Tarkovsky's Andrey Rublyov?

2. In what year was the film Solaris produced?

3. Who directed the film, Persona?

4. What is the title of Chapter IV?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Innokentiy Smoktunovsky? What was he known for?

2. What does Tarkovsky define a "masterpiece" as?

3. What does Tarkovsky say of the role of screenwriters in Chapter III?

4. What does Tarkovsky define "the artist" as in the text? What is the artist's chief weapon and goal?

5. Describe Tarkovsky's take on the mise-en-scene of film.

6. What did Tarkovsky learn of subjectivity in the artist making Ivan's Childhood?

7. What is the relationship of the artist to his audience? What is the role of intercommunication?

8. What paintings does Tarkovsky compare when discussing "masterpiece" in Chapter II?

9. What does Tarkovsky claim his reasons were in writing, Sculpting in Time: Reflections on the Cinema in the Introduction?

10. What admiration does Tarkovsky lend to Bunuel in Chapter II? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who observed, "Poets are philosophers. You might equally well compare the painter of sea-scapes to a ship's captain"? What does this phrase mean in the context of Tarkovsky's theories?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the film, Andrey Rublyov. When was it produced? What is the subject of the film? What is the setting? Who are the principle characters?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the first motion picture ever released. What was the subject? How long was the film? What was the audience reaction?

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