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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two animals did Gurdjieff feel a man should embody?
(a) the wolf and the kid
(b) the serpent and the dove
(c) the wolf and the sheep
(d) the lamb and the lion

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

3. Where did Gurdjieff''s father come from?
(a) from a Greek family who had fled from the Turks in Byzantium
(b) from a Persian family living in Armenia
(c) from a Russian family who fled from Russia during hard times
(d) from an Egyptian family who moved to Alexandropol

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Gurdjieff view his father?

2. Why did people think Dean Borsh was peculiar?

3. What was Gurdjieff's youngest niece supposed to do for him?

4. How does Gurdjieff first meet Dean Borsh?

5. How did Gurdjieff's father lose his fortune as the richest cattle owner in Armenia?

(see the answer key)

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