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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, My First Tutor.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Between what ages did Father Borsh feel females were fully developed?
(a) between the ages of fifteen and twenty-one
(b) between the ages of sixteen and twenty
(c) between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one
(d) between the ages of fifteen and nineteen

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

4. What did Dean Borsh teach Gurdjieff?
(a) Scripture and other subjects
(b) mathematics and other subjects
(c) geography and other subjects
(d) history and other subjects

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gurdjieff criticize newspaper literary critics?

2. What had Gurdjieff's family first intended him to be?

3. According to Father Borsh what two things should a priest be able to do for the members of his flock?

4. How does Gurdjieff first meet Dean Borsh?

5. What was Gurdjieff's father forced to become because of life's circumstances?

(see the answer key)

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