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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 language did the bards sing when they competed in contests?
(a) Turko-Russian
(b) Turkish
(c) Russian
(d) Turko-Tartar

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Gurdjieff intended to write his book in accordance with what counsel for living employed by Mullah Nassr Eddin?

3. What tendency of his father's nature was defined by Gurdieff as virtuous?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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