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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, My Father.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What state did Gurdjieff experience, according to Mullah Nassr Eddin's words, after many sleepless nights?
(a) "to feel oneself plunged in galoshes to the eyebrows"
(b) "to feel like death warmed over"
(c) "to feel oneself run over by a herd of camels"
(d) "to feel oneself tired to the bone"

2. In what town did the first of the ashokh contests which Gurdjieff witnessed take place?
(a) Istanbul in Turkey
(b) Van in Turkey
(c) Tabul in Turkey
(d) Viestock in Persia

3. Why does Gurdjieff criticize newspaper literary critics?
(a) they earn too much money for the work they do
(b) they fool easily suggestible people and are deceitful
(c) He is jealoous of them
(d) they can't write well

4. Where did Gurdjieff witness his third ashokh contest?
(a) Teheran in Persia
(b) Kabul in the region of Afghanistan
(c) Subatan in the region of Kars
(d) Istanbul in Turkey

5. What is it impossible to do even if one is an excellent linguist?
(a) speak like a native in a foreign language.
(b) think in a foreign language while speaking one's native tongue
(c) dream in a foreign language
(d) speak more than five languages fluently

Short Answer Questions

1. What was an ashokh which Gurdjieff's father was?

2. How does Gurdjieff sum up the literature of his times?

3. What would Gurdjieff's father do on evenings before Sundays and holidays?

4. What was the title of the introduction Gurdjieff had originally planned for the thirtieth book?

5. What legend did Gurdjieff's father and Dean Borsh discuss all night while Gurdjieff and his uncle listened to them?

(see the answer key)

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