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

2. Where does Gurdjieff meet Professor Skridlov for the second time and what do they do?
(a) They meet on Patmos and explore antiquities.
(b) They meet in Thebes and they excavate a tomb together.
(c) They meet in Armenia and search for old parchments.
(d) THey meet in Russia and discuss their travels.

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

4. What are Soloviev's early vices?
(a) lying and cheating in school
(b) gluttony and cruelty to animals
(c) street fighting and gambling
(d) drinking and stealing from his mother

5. Why did the subject of spiritualism make a strong impression on Gurdjieff?
(a) because his dead sister appeared to him in a dream
(b) because he wanted to believe in immortality
(c) because of the recent death of his favorite sister
(d) because he wanted to take part in a seance

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wound up with the girl, Gurdjieff or Karpenko?

2. Between what ages did Father Borsh feel a male was fully developed?

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

4. Whom did Gurdjieff and his friends go out of the way to visit and why?

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

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