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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 becoming wealthy
(c) an interest in books and philosophical questions
(d) an interest in medicine

2. What finally happened to Yelov?
(a) He and his wife and children moved to Greece.
(b) He died a pauper in Moscow.
(c) He settled comfortably in a city in North America.
(d) He became a language professor at Moscow University.

3. How and where did Karpenko meet an untimely death?
(a) on a trip across the Gobi desert he was bitten by a camel
(b) on a trip through the Himalayas he was wounded by natives
(c) on a trip through the Himalayas he died in an avalanche
(d) on a trip to Egypt he was bitten by an asp

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

5. What did the Seekers of Truth do at the end of the summer that Gurdjieff spent in Alexandropol?
(a) planned a trip to Ani, the ancient Armenian captial with him
(b) planned to join him in his experiments with vibrations
(c) planned to join him on a trip to Egypt
(d) threw Gurdjieff out of the group

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gurdjieff dream of specializing in?

2. When did Gurdjieff meet Abram Yelov?

3. How did Yelov view his mother?

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

5. What was Gurdjieff doing in Alexandropol when Karpenko stopped off to see him?

(see the answer key)

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