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

2. Who was Kouzmin?
(a) the abbot of the chief monastery of the Essene Brotherhood
(b) Dean Bosh's friend
(c) an artillery officer and pyrotechnical expert
(d) a fellow member of the Essene Brotherhood

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

4. What, in Gurdjieff's opinion, has harmed contemporary literature?
(a) the grammars of all languages
(b) writers seeking fame rather than quality
(c) readers who are easily taken in by inferior, sensational writing
(d) not enough good writers

5. Gurdjieff changed his custom of drinking armagnac from liqueur glasses to drinking from what kind of glass?
(a) tumblers
(b) shot glasses
(c) wine glasses
(d) champagne glasses

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where did Gurdjieff''s father come from?

4. What is the other name Bogachevsky goes by?

5. What kind of education was Father Borsh in favor of having Gurdjieff pursue?

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