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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Gurdjieff's father lose his fortune as the richest cattle owner in Armenia?
(a) a widespread cattle plague
(b) He lost his cattle gambling
(c) A rival cattle owner stole most of his cattle
(d) He was a bad breeder and couldn't care for his cattle

2. What did Father Borsh look like?
(a) He was tall and thin, with a fine-looking face
(b) He was short and fat and wore glasses
(c) He was large and robust with a ruddy complexion
(d) He was tall and big-boned with an intelligent face

3. Who was the fortuneteller whom Gurdjieff's aunt consulted?
(a) the psychic, Feodor Moussorsky
(b) the half-wit, Nicolai Brandikoff
(c) the idiot , Ivan Ivanovich
(d) the half-wit, Eoung-Ashokh Mardiross

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

5. What legend did Gurdjieff's father and Dean Borsh discuss all night while Gurdjieff and his uncle listened to them?
(a) the legend of " The Lost City of Babul"
(b) the legend of the "Flood before the Flood"
(c) the legend of "the Creation of the World"
(d) the legend of "the Secret of the Gobi Desert"

Short Answer Questions

1. What was an ashokh which Gurdjieff's father was?

2. Who, in Gurdjieff's opinion, invents the grammar of languages?

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

4. Where is the chief monastery of the Essene Brotherhood situated?

5. What was the title of the introduction Gurdjieff had originally planned for the thirtieth book?

(see the answer key)

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