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

2. How does Gurdjieff sum up the literature of his times?
(a) "it's based on sensationalism"
(b) "it has no soul"
(c) "it's trendy"
(d) "it's quite varied"

3. 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

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

5. Who, in Gurdjieff's opinion, invents the grammar of languages?
(a) learned, well-educated grammarians
(b) people who are on a lower level than ordinary simple people
(c) university professors
(d) linguists

Short Answer Questions

1. What language did the bards sing when they competed in contests?

2. What did Gurdjieff dream of specializing in?

3. In which towns did Gurdjieff's family live during his childhood?

4. Which two animals did Gurdjieff feel a man should embody?

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

(see the answer key)

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