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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dean Borsh teach Gurdjieff?

2. Who was allowed access to Father Borsh's room?

3. What did Gurdjieff dream of specializing in?

4. With whom did Bogachevsky share lodgings?

5. Why did people think Dean Borsh was peculiar?

(see the answer key)

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