View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subjects did Ponomarenko teach Gurdjieff?
(a) geography and history
(b) philosophy and Turkish
(c) Russian and geography
(d) mathematics and history

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

3. Gurdjieff read books on various subjects written in what languages?
(a) Greek, Hebrew and Turko-Tartar
(b) Greek, Armenian and Russian
(c) Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek
(d) Greek, Turkish and Latin

4. Who was allowed access to Father Borsh's room?
(a) Gurdjieff and Father Borsh's orderly
(b) Any students at the Kars Military Cathedral
(c) Anyone seeking help or advice
(d) Gurdjieff and Gurdjieff's father

5. What did Bogachevsky counsel men to do in order to live a moral life?
(a) a man should study many subjects and become educated
(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 try to please others

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Gurdjieff promised himself to do after completing his first series of writing?

2. How did Gurdjieff 's father react when misfortunes befell him?

3. Who was Kouzmin?

4. How did Gurdjieff view his father?

5. Why did people think Dean Borsh was peculiar?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 342 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample