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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. When did Gurdjieff meet Pogossian and become friends with him?
(a) in Baku on a trip
(b) in Kars during his childhood
(c) when Pogossian was finishing his seminary studies
(d) in Paldevan during his vacation

2. What is the other name Bogachevsky goes by?
(a) Father Essene
(b) Abbot of Kars
(c) Brother Peter
(d) Father Evlissi

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

4. How was Yelov considered by his family?
(a) as the favorite son
(b) as the black sheep
(c) as the baby of the family
(d) as the best-educated in the family

5. How does Gurdjieff first meet Dean Borsh?
(a) at a funeral of a family friend
(b) in his father's workshop
(c) after joining the cathedral choir
(d) on a street in Kars, his childhood home town

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the dervish disapprove of that Gurdjieff did?

2. What treasure did Gurdjieff secretly get from the Armenian priest?

3. What was Ekim Bey interested in?

4. What town, inaccessible to Europeans, do Skridlov and Gurdjieff want to go to after visiting Bukara?

5. How did Gurdjieff meet Professor Skridlov?

(see the answer key)

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