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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. Between what ages did Father Borsh feel females were fully developed?
(a) between the ages of fifteen and nineteen
(b) between the ages of fifteen and twenty-one
(c) between the ages of sixteen and twenty
(d) between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one

2. What did Dean Borsh teach Gurdjieff?
(a) geography and other subjects
(b) history and other subjects
(c) mathematics and other subjects
(d) Scripture and other subjects

3. How old was Dean Borsh when he first taught Gurdjieff and visited his father to discuss religious and historical subjects?
(a) seventy-two
(b) seventy-five
(c) seventy
(d) sixty-eight

4. What had Gurdjieff's family first intended him to be?
(a) a priest
(b) a soldier
(c) an ashokh or bard
(d) a cattle herder

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Father Borsh what two things should a priest be able to do for the members of his flock?

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

3. What was one of Yelov's peculiar habits?

4. Why was Tiflis a good city for Gurdjieff 's purposes?

5. What did Krestovsky teach Gurdjieff?

(see the answer key)

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