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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 did Father Borsh think that the gratification of lust before adulthood would do to a youth?
(a) drive him insane
(b) make a man of him
(c) turn him into a monstrosity
(d) stunt his growth

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

3. What did Sokolov teach Gurdjieff?
(a) physics and mathematics
(b) anatomy and physiology
(c) mathematics and geography
(d) Scripture and history

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

5. What did the Imastun brethren study?
(a) ancient legends
(b) the bible
(c) tablets from the Dead Sea
(d) astrology

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Krestovsky teach Gurdjieff?

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

3. Where did the second contest that Gurdjieff witnessed take place?

4. How old was Dean Borsh when he first taught Gurdjieff and visited his father to discuss religious and historical subjects?

5. What position did Gurdjieff's first tutor hold?

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