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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. 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 slyly learned from an Italian how to make plaster casts
(c) He learned secret recipes and sold them to restaurants
(d) He performed magic tricks

2. 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 was a former student of theology.
(d) He had been a sailor on a Turkish ship.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of education was Father Borsh in favor of having Gurdjieff pursue?

2. What did Krestovsky teach Gurdjieff?

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

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

5. Who wound up with the girl, Gurdjieff or Karpenko?

(see the answer key)

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