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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 did Dean Borsh teach Gurdjieff?
(a) Scripture and other subjects
(b) mathematics and other subjects
(c) history and other subjects
(d) geography and other subjects

2. How does Gurdjieff first meet Dean Borsh?
(a) after joining the cathedral choir
(b) at a funeral of a family friend
(c) in his father's workshop
(d) on a street in Kars, his childhood home town

3. With whom did Bogachevsky share lodgings?
(a) Ponomarenko
(b) Dean Borsh
(c) Nureyev
(d) Krestovsky

4. Who was allowed access to Father Borsh's room?
(a) Anyone seeking help or advice
(b) Gurdjieff and Father Borsh's orderly
(c) Any students at the Kars Military Cathedral
(d) Gurdjieff and Gurdjieff's father

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Father Borsh's view about a youth before he attained adulthood?

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

4. Gurdjieff read books on various subjects written in what languages?

5. What would Gurdjieff's father do on evenings before Sundays and holidays?

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