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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 was Abram Yelov's background?
(a) He had left the military in disgrace.
(b) He was of the Aisor people who had a bad reputation
(c) He had been a sailor on a Turkish ship.
(d) He was a former student of theology.

2. Upon Yelov's suggestion what scheme did Gurdjieff devise for making a lot of money?
(a) He sold old maps for high prices, saying they were rare
(b) He performed magic tricks
(c) He slyly learned from an Italian how to make plaster casts
(d) He learned secret recipes and sold them to restaurants

3. How was Yelov considered by his family?
(a) as the best-educated in the family
(b) as the baby of the family
(c) as the favorite son
(d) as the black sheep

4. What was his father's profession?
(a) He was a cattle herder.
(b) He was a rich contractor.
(c) He was a menial laborer.
(d) He was an educator at the military academy.

5. What did Yelov think about his father?
(a) He was extremely proud of his father.
(b) He loved him more than life itself
(c) He looked up to him and honored him
(d) He thought he was a petty, vain and willful man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dean Borsh teach Gurdjieff?

2. What were Yelov and Pogossian forever doing to each other?

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

4. How did Yelov view his mother?

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

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