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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. Gurjieff didn't see Karpenko after the incident with the girl but when would he hear from him?
(a) He'd hear from him at Easter
(b) He'd receive letters every summer.
(c) He'd receive letters on birthdays and on his Saint's days
(d) He'd receive Christmas presents from him.

2. What did Gurdjieff and Yelov have in common?
(a) an interest in women
(b) an interest in medicine
(c) an interest in becoming wealthy
(d) an interest in books and philosophical questions

3. What was his father's profession?
(a) He was a rich contractor.
(b) He was an educator at the military academy.
(c) He was a menial laborer.
(d) He was a cattle herder.

4. What was Gurdjieff doing when he first met Karpenko?
(a) He was a choir boy at the fortress cathedral.
(b) He was a tour guide in Egypt.
(c) He was a craftsman in Alexandropol
(d) He was shining shoes in Rome.

5. How did Yelov view his mother?
(a) He cherished very tender feelings for her.
(b) He was indifferent toward her.
(c) He blamed her for his later failures.
(d) He feared her hot temper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Abram Yelov's background?

2. Between what ages did Father Borsh feel females were fully developed?

3. What did Dean Borsh teach Gurdjieff?

4. Why did people think Dean Borsh was peculiar?

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

(see the answer key)

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