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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Prince Yuri Lubovedsky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Kouzmin?
(a) Dean Bosh's friend
(b) a fellow member of the Essene Brotherhood
(c) an artillery officer and pyrotechnical expert
(d) the abbot of the chief monastery of the Essene Brotherhood

2. What did Gurdjieff's aunt warn him about?
(a) to take care not to have an accident with a firearm
(b) to be faithful to his father's teachings
(c) not to marry too young
(d) to study hard so that he could earn a good living

3. How did Gurdjieff 's father react when misfortunes befell him?
(a) He cursed God and his fate
(b) He sought comfort from his friends and family
(c) He wept and wailed
(d) He had an inner calm and detachment

4. What legend did Gurdjieff's father and Dean Borsh discuss all night while Gurdjieff and his uncle listened to them?
(a) the legend of "the Secret of the Gobi Desert"
(b) the legend of " The Lost City of Babul"
(c) the legend of "the Creation of the World"
(d) the legend of the "Flood before the Flood"

5. What would Gurdjieff's father do on evenings before Sundays and holidays?
(a) go to bed late
(b) lay out his clothes for Sunday
(c) write letters to his friends
(d) tell stories to his children

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ani?

2. What did Father Borsh look like?

3. Whom does Gurdjieff meet in a billiard hall in New Bukara and what transpires?

4. Why did people think Dean Borsh was peculiar?

5. What did Gurdjieff and Pogossian pursue together?

(see the answer key)

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