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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 and Yelov have in common?
(a) an interest in women
(b) an interest in medicine
(c) an interest in becoming wealthy
(d) an interest in books and philosophical questions

2. What were Yelov and Pogossian forever doing to each other?
(a) challenging each other's knowledge of literature
(b) having continual fist fights
(c) having eating contests
(d) forever exchanging faux insults and barbs in fun

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

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) There were many ruins around the city for him to explore.
(d) He was able to obtain any rare book in any language.

5. How old was the girl whom Gurdjieff and Karpenko fell in love with?
(a) 19
(b) 16
(c) 20
(d) 13

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Yelov to lose his wealth as a book and stationery store owner?

2. What position did Gurdjieff's first tutor hold?

3. When did Gurdjieff meet Abram Yelov?

4. What did Father Borsh think that the gratification of lust before adulthood would do to a youth?

5. How did Gurdjieff and Karpenko meet the girl they both fell in love with?

(see the answer key)

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