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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 his father's profession?
(a) He was a cattle herder.
(b) He was a menial laborer.
(c) He was a rich contractor.
(d) He was an educator at the military academy.

2. How does Gurdjieff remember Pogossian?
(a) as a lazy but dear friend
(b) as a fellow adventurer who never achieved his goals
(c) as a workaholic who became a wealthy ship owner
(d) as a simple man with a deep faith

3. What do the two travelers do after their thirst for knowledge is satisfied ?
(a) They fall into a deep depression.
(b) They decide to become monks.
(c) They start a school to teach what they have learned.
(d) They return to Russia and their families

4. Who was Kouzmin?
(a) a fellow member of the Essene Brotherhood
(b) an artillery officer and pyrotechnical expert
(c) the abbot of the chief monastery of the Essene Brotherhood
(d) Dean Bosh's friend

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, in Gurdjieff's opinion, invents the grammar of languages?

2. What was Gurdjieff doing in Alexandropol when Karpenko stopped off to see him?

3. What religion do Gurdjieff and Skridlov want to find out about?

4. Why did the subject of spiritualism make a strong impression on Gurdjieff?

5. What does Vitvitskaia do while she stay with Prince Lubovedsky's sister?

(see the answer key)

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