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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 and Ekim Bey do first when they ran out of money?
(a) They sent for money to be wired to them.
(b) They prayed for a miracle.
(c) They got jobs and waiters.
(d) They became beggars.

2. What was Pogossian bitten by?
(a) a big yellow phalanga, a kind of tarantula
(b) a malaria mosquito
(c) a viper
(d) a Kurd sheep dog

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 travel the world and observe people
(c) a man should try to please others
(d) a man should study many subjects and become educated

4. How did Yelov view his mother?
(a) He was indifferent toward her.
(b) He feared her hot temper.
(c) He cherished very tender feelings for her.
(d) He blamed her for his later failures.

5. What treasure did Gurdjieff secretly get from the Armenian priest?
(a) an ancient parchment with esoteric secrets
(b) a copy of an ancient Armenian parchment
(c) an ancient map of Armenian treasure caves
(d) a copy he makes from an ancient map of "pre-sand Egypt"

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Captain Pogossian spend his childhood?

2. Where did Gurdjieff''s father come from?

3. What was Gurdjieff doing when he first met Karpenko?

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

5. What did the Yezidis believe?

(see the answer key)

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