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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. How did the Aisors make money?
(a) They were book sellers.
(b) They were mostly shepherds.
(c) They sold ancient Christian relics.
(d) They were farmers.

2. 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.

3. What diploma did Karpenko obtain in Russia before becoming a member of the Seekers of Truth?
(a) a diploma in foreign languages
(b) a diploma as a mining engineer
(c) a diploma in psychology
(d) a diploma in mathematics

4. Between what ages did Father Borsh feel a male was fully developed?
(a) between the ages of eighteen and twenty
(b) between the ages of nineteen and twenty-two
(c) between the ages of twenty and twenty-three
(d) between the ages of nineteen and twenty-one

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon Yelov's suggestion what scheme did Gurdjieff devise for making a lot of money?

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

3. What did Dean Borsh teach Gurdjieff?

4. What was Father Borsh's view about a youth before he attained adulthood?

5. When did Gurdjieff meet Karpenko?

(see the answer key)

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