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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 react when misfortunes befell him?
(a) He had an inner calm and detachment
(b) He wept and wailed
(c) He cursed God and his fate
(d) He sought comfort from his friends and family

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

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

4. When was the Essene Brotherhood established?
(a) four hundred years before the birth of Christ
(b) during Christ's lifetime
(c) twelve hundred years before the birth of Christ
(d) a thousand years before the birth of Christ

5. Between what ages did Father Borsh feel females were fully developed?
(a) between the ages of sixteen and twenty
(b) between the ages of fifteen and nineteen
(c) between the ages of fifteen and twenty-one
(d) between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gurdjieff criticize newspaper literary critics?

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

3. What did Bogachevsky counsel men to do in order to live a moral life?

4. Who was Vseslavsky?

5. Which two animals did Gurdjieff feel a man should embody?

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