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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 state did Gurdjieff experience, according to Mullah Nassr Eddin's words, after many sleepless nights?
(a) "to feel oneself tired to the bone"
(b) "to feel oneself run over by a herd of camels"
(c) "to feel oneself plunged in galoshes to the eyebrows"
(d) "to feel like death warmed over"

2. What was an ashokh which Gurdjieff's father was?
(a) a skilled craftsman in many countries of the Transcaucasia
(b) a bard who composed, recited or sang songs, poems, etc.
(c) a musician who played an instrument unique to Turkey
(d) a farmer owning a large herd of either cattle or sheep

3. How old was Dean Borsh when he first taught Gurdjieff and visited his father to discuss religious and historical subjects?
(a) sixty-eight
(b) seventy-five
(c) seventy
(d) seventy-two

4. What would Gurdjieff's father do on evenings before Sundays and holidays?
(a) tell stories to his children
(b) lay out his clothes for Sunday
(c) write letters to his friends
(d) go to bed late

5. How many books had Gurdjieff first planned to write ?
(a) thirty-one
(b) thirty-four
(c) thirty-six
(d) thirty-two

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the other name Bogachevsky goes by?

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

3. How did Gurdjieff 's father react when misfortunes befell him?

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

5. Gurdjieff changed his custom of drinking armagnac from liqueur glasses to drinking from what kind of glass?

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