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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. Why did people think Dean Borsh was peculiar?
(a) He wore outlandish clothes.
(b) His views were odd and though rich, he lived in one room.
(c) He was afraid of cats.
(d) He spoke in riddles.

2. In which towns did Gurdjieff's family live during his childhood?
(a) Baku and Van
(b) Alexandropol and Kars
(c) Karabakh and Alexandropol
(d) Kabul and Baku

3. What is it impossible to do even if one is an excellent linguist?
(a) speak like a native in a foreign language.
(b) dream in a foreign language
(c) think in a foreign language while speaking one's native tongue
(d) speak more than five languages fluently

4. Which two animals did Gurdjieff feel a man should embody?
(a) the wolf and the kid
(b) the serpent and the dove
(c) the wolf and the sheep
(d) the lamb and the lion

5. Why does Gurdjieff criticize newspaper literary critics?
(a) they fool easily suggestible people and are deceitful
(b) they can't write well
(c) they earn too much money for the work they do
(d) He is jealoous of them

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Gurdjieff view his father?

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

3. What legend did Gurdjieff's father and Dean Borsh discuss all night while Gurdjieff and his uncle listened to them?

4. According to Gurdjieff, contemporary literature falls into which three categories?

5. What did Dean Borsh teach Gurdjieff?

(see the answer key)

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