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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Bogachevsy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was awakened in Gurdjieff while listening to Bogachevsky and his friends' discussions around the samovar?
(a) an interest in mathematics
(b) an interest in becoming a member of the Essene Brotherhood
(c) a feeling of inferiority when he compared himself with them
(d) an interest in abstract questions and spiritualism

2. What subjects did Ponomarenko teach Gurdjieff?
(a) Russian and geography
(b) mathematics and history
(c) philosophy and Turkish
(d) geography and history

3. What is the other name Bogachevsky goes by?
(a) Father Essene
(b) Brother Peter
(c) Abbot of Kars
(d) Father Evlissi

4. Which two animals did Gurdjieff feel a man should embody?
(a) the wolf and the sheep
(b) the wolf and the kid
(c) the serpent and the dove
(d) the lamb and the lion

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was Gurdjieff's father forced to become because of life's circumstances?

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

5. How did Gurdjieff 's father react when misfortunes befell him?

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