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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. What phenomenon do Bogachevsky and his friends experiment with?
(a) divining people's names by holding their hands
(b) disappearing rabbits
(c) "table turning"--laying hands on a table and asking it questions
(d) summoning spirits from the dead using a medium

2. With whom did Gurdjieff's father carry on long conversations about philosophy and theology?
(a) with his close friend, Ivan Ivanovich
(b) with his brother, Gurdjieff's beloved uncle
(c) with Gurdjieff's first tutor, Dean Borsh
(d) with Gurdjieff himself

3. What position did Gurdjieff's first tutor hold?
(a) He was the dean of a university
(b) He was bishop of the Kars Cathedral
(c) He was a priest in Gurdjieff's church
(d) He was dean of the Kars Military Cathedral

4. In which towns did Gurdjieff's family live during his childhood?
(a) Kabul and Baku
(b) Baku and Van
(c) Karabakh and Alexandropol
(d) Alexandropol and Kars

5. What did Pogossian do after graduating from the seminary?
(a) He married and became a priest with his own parish.
(b) He left the church and studied languages.
(c) He became a teacher at the seminary.
(d) He worked with Gurdjieff at the railway station as a locksmith

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Gurdjieff and Pogossian pursue together?

3. How does Gurdjieff's opinion about Vitvitskaia change?

4. According to Father Borsh what two things should a priest be able to do for the members of his flock?

5. What does Vitvitskaia do while she stay with Prince Lubovedsky's sister?

(see the answer key)

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