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

2. How many books had Gurdjieff first planned to write ?
(a) thirty-four
(b) thirty-six
(c) thirty-one
(d) thirty-two

3. How does Gurdjieff sum up the literature of his times?
(a) "it's based on sensationalism"
(b) "it's quite varied"
(c) "it has no soul"
(d) "it's trendy"

4. Gurdjieff intended to write his book in accordance with what counsel for living employed by Mullah Nassr Eddin?
(a) "strive to attain knowledge and use it in one's life"
(b) "strive to attain what is useful for others and pleasant for oneself"
(c) "strive to be honest and virtuous in all that you do"
(d) "strive to work hard, be modest and help others"

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Gurdjieff's father carry on long conversations about philosophy and theology?

2. Why does Gurdjieff criticize newspaper literary critics?

3. How did Gurdjieff 's father react when misfortunes befell him?

4. What was an ashokh which Gurdjieff's father was?

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

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