Truffaut — a French film maker.

Idealism and pragmatism — check standard dictionary definitions of these terms as a start. For example, The Concise Oxford Dictionary has: Idealism — ‘representation of things in ideal form’; ideal — ‘answering to one's highest conception; … existing only in idea; visionary …’. Pragmatism — ‘officiousness; pedantry … doctrine that estimates any assertion solely by its practical bearing upon human interests’.

Verbal and visual means — review the course so far and references given to get an idea about the categories of (a) verbal analysis and (b) visual analysis that are appropriate. No other problems with the understanding of terms.