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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. Why was Tiflis a good city for Gurdjieff 's purposes?
(a) Many seances were held by mediums in the city.
(b) There were psychics there who understood phenomena.
(c) There were many ruins around the city for him to explore.
(d) He was able to obtain any rare book in any language.

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

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

4. What did Yelov have a great talent for?
(a) writing poetry
(b) doing magic tricks
(c) making speeches
(d) learning languages

5. Why did people think Dean Borsh was peculiar?
(a) He spoke in riddles.
(b) He wore outlandish clothes.
(c) He was afraid of cats.
(d) His views were odd and though rich, he lived in one room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Gurdjieff's family first intended him to be?

2. When did Gurdjieff meet Abram Yelov?

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

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

5. What was Abram Yelov's background?

(see the answer key)

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