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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 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 Swallows"
(b) "The Conversation of the Two Sparrows"
(c) "The Conversation of Two Crows"
(d) "The Conversation of Two Robins"

2. Where did Gurdjieff''s father come from?
(a) from an Egyptian family who moved to Alexandropol
(b) from a Persian family living in Armenia
(c) from a Greek family who had fled from the Turks in Byzantium
(d) from a Russian family who fled from Russia during hard times

3. 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

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

5. With whom did Gurdjieff's father carry on long conversations about philosophy and theology?
(a) with his brother, Gurdjieff's beloved uncle
(b) with his close friend, Ivan Ivanovich
(c) with Gurdjieff himself
(d) with Gurdjieff's first tutor, Dean Borsh

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the second contest that Gurdjieff witnessed take place?

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

3. What was the title of the introduction Gurdjieff had originally planned for the thirtieth book?

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

5. How did Gurdjieff's father lose his fortune as the richest cattle owner in Armenia?

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