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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. How did Gurdjieff 's father react when misfortunes befell him?
(a) He cursed God and his fate
(b) He wept and wailed
(c) He sought comfort from his friends and family
(d) He had an inner calm and detachment
2. Which two animals did Gurdjieff feel a man should embody?
(a) the wolf and the kid
(b) the lamb and the lion
(c) the wolf and the sheep
(d) the serpent and the dove
3. What had Gurdjieff promised himself to do after completing his first series of writing?
(a) drink all the bottles of Calvados in the wine cellar of the Prieure
(b) visit his relatives and friends and relax
(c) consult with all his learned tutors
(d) go on a vacation to the Black Sea
4. Gurdjieff intended to write his book in accordance with what counsel for living employed by Mullah Nassr
Eddin?
(a) "strive to work hard, be modest and help others"
(b) "strive to be honest and virtuous in all that you do"
(c) "strive to attain what is useful for others and pleasant for oneself"
(d) "strive to attain knowledge and use it in one's life"
5. Where did the second contest that Gurdjieff witnessed take place?
(a) Istanbul in Turkey
(b) Karabakh in Azerbaijan
(c) Baku in Turkey
(d) Bagdad
Short Answer Questions
1. What is it impossible to do even if one is an excellent linguist?
2. What has the literature of contemporary civilization to give according to Gurdjieff?
3. Why does Gurdjieff criticize newspaper literary critics?
4. According to Gurdjieff, contemporary literature falls into which three categories?
5. What did Gurdjieff propose to do in his second book, "Meetings with Remarkable Men"?
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