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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 did Gurdjieff dream of specializing in?
(a) He dreamed of medical specialization.
(b) He dreamed of technical specialization.
(c) He dreamed of the spiritual specialization of the priesthood.
(d) He dreamed of becoming a writer.

2. What is Vitvitskaia's story?
(a) She was sold into slavery and the Prince saved her.
(b) She was the girlhood friend of the prince's sister
(c) She was a belly dancer in Egypt.
(d) She was a medium whom the prince consulted.

3. What did Bogachevsky counsel men to do in order to live a moral life?
(a) a man should follow his own conscience and not heed others
(b) a man should try to please others
(c) a man should travel the world and observe people
(d) a man should study many subjects and become educated

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

5. Whom does Gurdjieff meet in a billiard hall in New Bukara and what transpires?
(a) He meets Ekim Bey who is on vacation.
(b) He meets the prince again and they play billiards
(c) He meets a prostitute and goes home with her.
(d) He meets Soloviev whom he saves from a beating.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On their expedition in search of the school run by the Sarmoung Brotherhood what experience causes Gurdjieff and Pogossian great fear but then hilarious laughter?

3. What subjects did Ponomarenko teach Gurdjieff?

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

5. What did Yelov have a great talent for?

(see the answer key)

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