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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 was Gurdjieff's youngest niece supposed to do for him?
(a) see that his Arabian coffee did not become cold in the cup
(b) fan him with a palm fan while he was working in the heat.
(c) sing to him while he sat under the trees
(d) bring him cold drinks

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

3. What had Gurdjieff promised himself to do after completing his first series of writing?
(a) visit his relatives and friends and relax
(b) go on a vacation to the Black Sea
(c) consult with all his learned tutors
(d) drink all the bottles of Calvados in the wine cellar of the Prieure

4. What did Gurdjieff propose to do in his second book, "Meetings with Remarkable Men"?
(a) build up his ego, describing all his accomplishments
(b) create a consciousness devoid of illusions in people like himself
(c) write an entertaining book, enjoyable to everyone
(d) write a sort of travel log of his travels through exotic lands

5. How did Gurdjieff view his father?
(a) like a fool whom he had no respect for
(b) like a very stern patriarch whom he feared
(c) like an older brother who instilled high ideals in him
(d) like a friend who was somewhat beneath him

Short Answer Questions

1. What state did Gurdjieff experience, according to Mullah Nassr Eddin's words, after many sleepless nights?

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

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

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

5. Where did Gurdjieff''s father come from?

(see the answer key)

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