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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Piotr Karpenko.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gurdjieff dream of specializing in?
(a) He dreamed of medical specialization.
(b) He dreamed of technical specialization.
(c) He dreamed of becoming a writer.
(d) He dreamed of the spiritual specialization of the priesthood.

2. What subjects did Ponomarenko teach Gurdjieff?
(a) philosophy and Turkish
(b) mathematics and history
(c) geography and history
(d) Russian and geography

3. What was Gurdjieff doing when he first met Karpenko?
(a) He was shining shoes in Rome.
(b) He was a craftsman in Alexandropol
(c) He was a choir boy at the fortress cathedral.
(d) He was a tour guide in Egypt.

4. Why was Tiflis a good city for Gurdjieff 's purposes?
(a) Many seances were held by mediums in the city.
(b) There were psychics there who understood phenomena.
(c) He was able to obtain any rare book in any language.
(d) There were many ruins around the city for him to explore.

5. What was one of Yelov's peculiar habits?
(a) humming constantly
(b) twitching his ears
(c) hitching up his trousers
(d) reciting ancient Greek poems to everyone he met

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gurdjieff and Karpenko decide to do in order to settle their dispute over the girl?

2. How old was Dean Borsh when he first taught Gurdjieff and visited his father to discuss religious and historical subjects?

3. How and where did Karpenko meet an untimely death?

4. What did Sokolov teach Gurdjieff?

5. Who was allowed access to Father Borsh's room?

(see the answer key)

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