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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Professor Skridlov.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Gurdjieff and Skridlov do to be accepted in Bukara where Europeans are hated?
(a) They decide to disguise themselves as whirling dervishes
(b) They decide to convert to Islam
(c) They grow beards in order to pose as holy men
(d) They take lots of money to bribe people

2. Why did the subject of spiritualism make a strong impression on Gurdjieff?
(a) because his dead sister appeared to him in a dream
(b) because he wanted to believe in immortality
(c) because he wanted to take part in a seance
(d) because of the recent death of his favorite sister

3. What did the Imastun brethren study?
(a) tablets from the Dead Sea
(b) the bible
(c) ancient legends
(d) astrology

4. When did Gurdjieff meet Karpenko?
(a) in Alexandropol
(b) during his childhood in Kars
(c) on his trip to Egypt
(d) in Russia when he was middle-aged

5. What was Ekim Bey interested in?
(a) mathematics and engineering
(b) hypnotism, the human psyche and magic tricks
(c) philosophy and psychology
(d) ancient languages

Short Answer Questions

1. Gurdjieff intended to write his book in accordance with what counsel for living employed by Mullah Nassr Eddin?

2. What was Abram Yelov's background?

3. Why was Tiflis a good city for Gurdjieff 's purposes?

4. What is Vitvitskaia's story?

5. Who was the fortuneteller whom Gurdjieff's aunt consulted?

(see the answer key)

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