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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 were Yelov and Pogossian forever doing to each other?
(a) forever exchanging faux insults and barbs in fun
(b) challenging each other's knowledge of literature
(c) having continual fist fights
(d) having eating contests

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

3. What unique journey do the Seekers of the Truth make at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) They travel to the caves of the Tibetans
(b) They cross the Black Sea
(c) They cross the Gobi desert in a unique way.
(d) They travel once more to Egypt and discover treasure.

4. In what town did the first of the ashokh contests which Gurdjieff witnessed take place?
(a) Istanbul in Turkey
(b) Viestock in Persia
(c) Van in Turkey
(d) Tabul in Turkey

5. What did Krestovsky teach Gurdjieff?
(a) history and geography
(b) mathematics and physiology
(c) anatomy and psychology
(d) Scripture and Russian

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Gurdjieff and Ekim Bey first meet?

2. What did Ekim Bey and Gurdjieff do when they reached Old Tashkent?

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

4. What was one of Yelov's peculiar habits?

5. What did Pogossian do after graduating from the seminary?

(see the answer key)

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