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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. Which two animals did Gurdjieff feel a man should embody?
(a) the lamb and the lion
(b) the wolf and the kid
(c) the wolf and the sheep
(d) the serpent and the dove

2. Where did the second contest that Gurdjieff witnessed take place?
(a) Bagdad
(b) Baku in Turkey
(c) Istanbul in Turkey
(d) Karabakh in Azerbaijan

3. What was an ashokh which Gurdjieff's father was?
(a) a skilled craftsman in many countries of the Transcaucasia
(b) a farmer owning a large herd of either cattle or sheep
(c) a bard who composed, recited or sang songs, poems, etc.
(d) a musician who played an instrument unique to Turkey

4. What has the literature of contemporary civilization to give according to Gurdjieff?
(a) the development of "word prostitution"
(b) the development of "an illusory view of life"
(c) the development of "superficiality in everyday life"
(d) the development of "lies"

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Gurdjieff's youngest niece supposed to do for him?

2. What had Gurdjieff promised himself to do after completing his first series of writing?

3. In what town did the first of the ashokh contests which Gurdjieff witnessed take place?

4. Gurdjieff changed his custom of drinking armagnac from liqueur glasses to drinking from what kind of glass?

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

(see the answer key)

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