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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Bogachevsy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of education was Father Borsh in favor of having Gurdjieff pursue?
(a) a practical education in woodworking
(b) a medical education
(c) the priesthood
(d) a military education

2. What, in Gurdjieff's opinion, has harmed contemporary literature?
(a) writers seeking fame rather than quality
(b) not enough good writers
(c) the grammars of all languages
(d) readers who are easily taken in by inferior, sensational writing

3. What was the title of the introduction Gurdjieff had originally planned for the thirtieth book?
(a) "Why I Am Against Contemporary Literature"
(b) " A New World Devoid of Illusions"
(c) "Why I Became a Writer"
(d) " The Meaning of Life as I Discovered It"

4. Where is the chief monastery of the Essene Brotherhood situated?
(a) near the sea of Galilee
(b) not far from the shores of the Dead Sea
(c) near Jerusalem
(d) in Nazareth

5. Where did the second contest that Gurdjieff witnessed take place?
(a) Baku in Turkey
(b) Istanbul in Turkey
(c) Karabakh in Azerbaijan
(d) Bagdad

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Gurdjieff's family first intended him to be?

2. What was the title of the first book in Gurdjieff's series?

3. What did the Yezidis believe?

4. What did Gurdjieff propose to do in his second book, "Meetings with Remarkable Men"?

5. How does Gurdjieff first meet Dean Borsh?

(see the answer key)

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