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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. Gurdjieff changed his custom of drinking armagnac from liqueur glasses to drinking from what kind of glass?
(a) tumblers
(b) champagne glasses
(c) wine glasses
(d) shot glasses

2. Where did Gurdjieff witness his third ashokh contest?
(a) Kabul in the region of Afghanistan
(b) Teheran in Persia
(c) Istanbul in Turkey
(d) Subatan in the region of Kars

3. What was an ashokh which Gurdjieff's father was?
(a) a musician who played an instrument unique to Turkey
(b) a bard who composed, recited or sang songs, poems, etc.
(c) a farmer owning a large herd of either cattle or sheep
(d) a skilled craftsman in many countries of the Transcaucasia

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

5. What did Father Borsh look like?
(a) He was short and fat and wore glasses
(b) He was large and robust with a ruddy complexion
(c) He was tall and big-boned with an intelligent face
(d) He was tall and thin, with a fine-looking face

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gurdjieff first meet Dean Borsh?

2. What tendency of his father's nature was defined by Gurdieff as virtuous?

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

4. What did the Imastun brethren study?

5. How does Gurdjieff sum up the literature of his times?

(see the answer key)

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