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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 Father Borsh think that the gratification of lust before adulthood would do to a youth?
(a) stunt his growth
(b) drive him insane
(c) turn him into a monstrosity
(d) make a man of him

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

3. How does Gurdjieff first meet Dean Borsh?
(a) at a funeral of a family friend
(b) in his father's workshop
(c) after joining the cathedral choir
(d) on a street in Kars, his childhood home town

4. 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 seventeen and twenty-one
(d) between the ages of sixteen and twenty

5. What was Father Borsh's view about a youth before he attained adulthood?
(a) He wasn't responsible for any of his acts
(b) He was a non-entity.
(c) He was responsible for his acts.
(d) He should be severely punished for wrong doing

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Gurdjieff doing when he first met Karpenko?

2. What subjects did Ponomarenko teach Gurdjieff?

3. Gurjieff didn't see Karpenko after the incident with the girl but when would he hear from him?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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