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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. How did the stories Gurdjieff's father told him influence him in his later life?
(a) he told them to his own children
(b) he remembered them when he suffered from insomnia
(c) they were a constant reminder of his father and his father's goodness
(d) they were a spiritualizing factor, enabling him to comprehend the incomprehensible

2. Between what ages did Father Borsh feel a male was fully developed?
(a) between the ages of eighteen and twenty
(b) between the ages of nineteen and twenty-two
(c) between the ages of nineteen and twenty-one
(d) between the ages of twenty and twenty-three

3. What was Gurdjieff's youngest niece supposed to do for him?
(a) fan him with a palm fan while he was working in the heat.
(b) sing to him while he sat under the trees
(c) bring him cold drinks
(d) see that his Arabian coffee did not become cold in the cup

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the Imastun brethren study?

4. How many books had Gurdjieff first planned to write ?

5. What did Gurdjieff propose to do in his second book, "Meetings with Remarkable Men"?

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