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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 is the title of the anecdote Gurdjieff uses to show the inferiority of modern life to ancient wisdom showing that modern life and literature are poison to the human race.
(a) "The Conversation of Two Robins"
(b) "The Conversation of Two Swallows"
(c) "The Conversation of Two Crows"
(d) "The Conversation of the Two Sparrows"

2. Gurdjieff intended to write his book in accordance with what counsel for living employed by Mullah Nassr Eddin?
(a) "strive to be honest and virtuous in all that you do"
(b) "strive to attain knowledge and use it in one's life"
(c) "strive to attain what is useful for others and pleasant for oneself"
(d) "strive to work hard, be modest and help others"

3. How does Gurdjieff sum up the literature of his times?
(a) "it's based on sensationalism"
(b) "it has no soul"
(c) "it's trendy"
(d) "it's quite varied"

4. What had Gurdjieff's family first intended him to be?
(a) a soldier
(b) a cattle herder
(c) an ashokh or bard
(d) a priest

5. In which towns did Gurdjieff's family live during his childhood?
(a) Kabul and Baku
(b) Baku and Van
(c) Alexandropol and Kars
(d) Karabakh and Alexandropol

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in Gurdjieff's opinion, has harmed contemporary literature?

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

3. How does Gurdjieff first meet Dean Borsh?

4. What did the Yezidis believe?

5. Who was allowed access to Father Borsh's room?

(see the answer key)

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