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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides having an accident with a firearm, what other prediction of the fortuneteller came true about Gurdjieff?
(a) A large sore, a carbuncle, appeared on Gurdjieff's side
(b) Gurdjieff came down with pneumonia.
(c) Gurdjieff fell ill with a high fever
(d) A severe rash broke out all over Gurdjieff's body

2. Where did the second contest that Gurdjieff witnessed take place?
(a) Baku in Turkey
(b) Karabakh in Azerbaijan
(c) Istanbul in Turkey
(d) Bagdad

3. What phenomenon do Bogachevsky and his friends experiment with?
(a) divining people's names by holding their hands
(b) "table turning"--laying hands on a table and asking it questions
(c) disappearing rabbits
(d) summoning spirits from the dead using a medium

4. What language did the bards sing when they competed in contests?
(a) Russian
(b) Turko-Russian
(c) Turko-Tartar
(d) Turkish

5. What was Father Borsh's view about a youth before he attained adulthood?
(a) He should be severely punished for wrong doing
(b) He was responsible for his acts.
(c) He wasn't responsible for any of his acts
(d) He was a non-entity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Father Borsh think that the gratification of lust before adulthood would do to a youth?

2. How did the stories Gurdjieff's father told him influence him in his later life?

3. What did Gurdjieff's aunt warn him about?

4. What did Gurdjieff dream of specializing in?

5. Who are the Yezidis?

(see the answer key)

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