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

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

3. What was the title of the introduction Gurdjieff had originally planned for the thirtieth book?
(a) "Why I Am Against Contemporary Literature"
(b) " A New World Devoid of Illusions"
(c) "Why I Became a Writer"
(d) " The Meaning of Life as I Discovered It"

4. What is the title of the anecdote Gurdjieff uses to show the inferiority of modern life to ancient wisdom showing that modern life and literature are poison to the human race.
(a) "The Conversation of Two Robins"
(b) "The Conversation of Two Swallows"
(c) "The Conversation of the Two Sparrows"
(d) "The Conversation of Two Crows"

5. What was Gurdjieff's father forced to become because of life's circumstances?
(a) a fisherman
(b) a store keeper
(c) a farmer
(d) a professional carpenter

Short Answer Questions

1. How many books had Gurdjieff first planned to write ?

2. How did Gurdjieff view his father?

3. What has the literature of contemporary civilization to give according to Gurdjieff?

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

5. Why was the lumber yard that Gurdjieff's father opened a failure?

(see the answer key)

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