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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 was awakened in Gurdjieff while listening to Bogachevsky and his friends' discussions around the samovar?
(a) an interest in mathematics
(b) an interest in becoming a member of the Essene Brotherhood
(c) an interest in abstract questions and spiritualism
(d) a feeling of inferiority when he compared himself with them

2. Whom does Skridlov visit in Russia?
(a) his wife
(b) his two daughters
(c) his brother
(d) members of the Seekers of Truth

3. What, in Gurdjieff's opinion, has harmed contemporary literature?
(a) not enough good writers
(b) the grammars of all languages
(c) writers seeking fame rather than quality
(d) readers who are easily taken in by inferior, sensational writing

4. Which two animals did Gurdjieff feel a man should embody?
(a) the serpent and the dove
(b) the wolf and the sheep
(c) the wolf and the kid
(d) the lamb and the lion

5. What did Pogossian look like?
(a) He was tall, fair-haired with a full beard.
(b) He was small, dark and clean-shaven.
(c) He was fat with a ruddy complexion and wore glasses.
(d) He was of medium height, dark , with a small moustache.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Soloviev leave his home town when he was in school?

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

3. What proposal did Prince Lubovedsky make to Gurdjieff and his friends?

4. For whom is Gurdjieff working when he first meets Prince Ludbovedsky?

5. How did Gurdjieff view his father?

(see the answer key)

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