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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. Between what ages did Father Borsh feel a male was fully developed?
(a) between the ages of nineteen and twenty-two
(b) between the ages of twenty and twenty-three
(c) between the ages of eighteen and twenty
(d) between the ages of nineteen and twenty-one

2. What did Father Borsh think that the gratification of lust before adulthood would do to a youth?
(a) turn him into a monstrosity
(b) stunt his growth
(c) make a man of him
(d) drive him insane

3. What was the "Sarmoung"?
(a) An ancient scroll from the Dead Sea.
(b) A garment worn by an Armenian priest
(c) A famous esoteric school which Gurdjieff and Pogassian seek
(d) A city in ancient Mesopotamia

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Gurdjieff's father forced to become because of life's circumstances?

2. How does Gurdjieff remember Pogossian?

3. What was Gurdjieff's purpose in traveling to Echmiadzin?

4. What language did the bards sing when they competed in contests?

5. What phenomenon do Bogachevsky and his friends experiment with?

(see the answer key)

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