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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the lumber yard that Gurdjieff's father opened a failure?
(a) His father had no business experience and was too honest
(b) People were poor and couldn't afford lumber
(c) Gurdjieff's father had too many enemies and not enough customers
(d) A disease attacked the forests in the area

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

3. When did Gurdjieff meet Bogachevsky?
(a) when Gurdjieff traveled to Russia
(b) when Bogachevsky was ill
(c) when Bogachevsky was old and intending to retire
(d) when Bogachevsky was young and about to become a priest

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

5. What kind of education was Father Borsh in favor of having Gurdjieff pursue?
(a) a military education
(b) the priesthood
(c) a practical education in woodworking
(d) a medical education

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Krestovsky teach Gurdjieff?

2. What did Father Borsh look like?

3. What was the title of the introduction Gurdjieff had originally planned for the thirtieth book?

4. What legend did Gurdjieff's father and Dean Borsh discuss all night while Gurdjieff and his uncle listened to them?

5. With whom did Gurdjieff's father carry on long conversations about philosophy and theology?

(see the answer key)

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