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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 remembered them when he suffered from insomnia
(b) they were a constant reminder of his father and his father's goodness
(c) they were a spiritualizing factor, enabling him to comprehend the incomprehensible
(d) he told them to his own children

2. What position did Gurdjieff's first tutor hold?
(a) He was a priest in Gurdjieff's church
(b) He was bishop of the Kars Cathedral
(c) He was the dean of a university
(d) He was dean of the Kars Military Cathedral

3. In what town did the first of the ashokh contests which Gurdjieff witnessed take place?
(a) Van in Turkey
(b) Viestock in Persia
(c) Istanbul in Turkey
(d) Tabul in Turkey

4. What had Gurdjieff's family first intended him to be?
(a) a cattle herder
(b) a soldier
(c) an ashokh or bard
(d) a priest

5. What did Father Borsh look like?
(a) He was tall and big-boned with an intelligent face
(b) He was short and fat and wore glasses
(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 subjects did Ponomarenko teach Gurdjieff?

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

3. Why does Gurdjieff criticize newspaper literary critics?

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

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

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