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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Gurdjieff''s father come from?
(a) from a Persian family living in Armenia
(b) from an Egyptian family who moved to Alexandropol
(c) from a Russian family who fled from Russia during hard times
(d) from a Greek family who had fled from the Turks in Byzantium

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

3. What had Gurdjieff promised himself to do after completing his first series of writing?
(a) consult with all his learned tutors
(b) drink all the bottles of Calvados in the wine cellar of the Prieure
(c) visit his relatives and friends and relax
(d) go on a vacation to the Black Sea

4. How did the stories Gurdjieff's father told him influence him in his later life?
(a) he told them to his own children
(b) they were a constant reminder of his father and his father's goodness
(c) he remembered them when he suffered from insomnia
(d) they were a spiritualizing factor, enabling him to comprehend the incomprehensible

5. What did Bogachevsky counsel men to do in order to live a moral life?
(a) a man should try to please others
(b) a man should follow his own conscience and not heed others
(c) a man should travel the world and observe people
(d) a man should study many subjects and become educated

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the lumber yard that Gurdjieff's father opened a failure?

2. When was the Essene Brotherhood established?

3. Who was Kouzmin?

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

5. Gurdjieff intended to write his book in accordance with what counsel for living employed by Mullah Nassr Eddin?

(see the answer key)

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