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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. Who wrote the novel, The Magic Mountain?

2. What is the setting of, Tales of Sevastopol?

3. Where was The Sacrifice filmed?

4. What director's cinematic version of Macbeth is discussed in Chapter V?

5. What is the name of the central character in Nostalgia?

Short Essay Questions

1. When was, The Sacrifice, conceived of? What drew Tarkovsky to this story?

2. How is success measured, according to Tarkovsky?

3. How is the artist "at odds with society," as Tarkovsky states in Chapter VII?

4. What does Tarkovsky define "commercializing" as in Chapter VII? What is the filmmaker's duty in this regard?

5. What makes the cinema different than other art forms, according to Tarkovsky?

6. What does Tarkovsky claim the link is between the artist and audience in Chapter VI?

7. How does Tarkovsky describe the stresses of filming on The Sacrifice?

8. What Japanese form of art does Tarkovsky repeatedly compare cinema to? Why?

9. What percentage of an audience is there for entertainment, according to Tarkovsky? Who must the director play to?

10. What regrets and successes did Tarkovsky have for the film, Mirrror?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Tarkovsky's comparisons between Thomas Mann and Leo Tolstoy. What stylistic similarities and differences exist in each author's work?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the role of art in the world of humanity, as described by Tarkovsky. What is art's role in society? How does the artist go about fulfilling this role?

Essay Topic 3

Define the term "mise-en-scene" and discuss how it has been approached by different filmmakers. What is Tarkovsky's view on the cinematic mise-en-scene?

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