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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. Why did Soloviev leave his home town when he was in school?
(a) He wanted to experience adventures.
(b) He was running from the police.
(c) He followed a traveling circus performer named Verka
(d) He was seeking answers to esoteric questions.

2. What was an ashokh which Gurdjieff's father was?
(a) a musician who played an instrument unique to Turkey
(b) a farmer owning a large herd of either cattle or sheep
(c) a bard who composed, recited or sang songs, poems, etc.
(d) a skilled craftsman in many countries of the Transcaucasia

3. Who was Vseslavsky?
(a) an army chaplain friend of Bogchevsky
(b) Bogachevsky's brother-in-law
(c) a fellow-countryman of Bogachevsky and an army engineer
(d) Bogachevsky's childhood friend

4. How did the stories Gurdjieff's father told him influence him in his later life?
(a) he told them to his own children
(b) they were a constant reminder of his father and his father's goodness
(c) he remembered them when he suffered from insomnia
(d) they were a spiritualizing factor, enabling him to comprehend the incomprehensible

5. What was Gurdjieff's purpose in traveling to Echmiadzin?
(a) He was on holiday.
(b) He sought answers to questions of supernatural phenomena.
(c) He was visiting relatives.
(d) He was looking for work since he was out of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ani?

2. When did Gurdjieff meet Pogossian and become friends with him?

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

4. Who was the fortuneteller whom Gurdjieff's aunt consulted?

5. What subjects did Ponomarenko teach Gurdjieff?

(see the answer key)

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