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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Gurdjieff 's father react when misfortunes befell him?
(a) He sought comfort from his friends and family
(b) He cursed God and his fate
(c) He had an inner calm and detachment
(d) He wept and wailed

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

3. What legend did Gurdjieff's father and Dean Borsh discuss all night while Gurdjieff and his uncle listened to them?
(a) the legend of the "Flood before the Flood"
(b) the legend of "the Creation of the World"
(c) the legend of "the Secret of the Gobi Desert"
(d) the legend of " The Lost City of Babul"

4. What phenomenon do Bogachevsky and his friends experiment with?
(a) "table turning"--laying hands on a table and asking it questions
(b) summoning spirits from the dead using a medium
(c) disappearing rabbits
(d) divining people's names by holding their hands

5. What is it impossible to do even if one is an excellent linguist?
(a) dream in a foreign language
(b) speak more than five languages fluently
(c) speak like a native in a foreign language.
(d) think in a foreign language while speaking one's native tongue

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sokolov teach Gurdjieff?

2. How does Gurdjieff first meet Dean Borsh?

3. What did Father Borsh think that the gratification of lust before adulthood would do to a youth?

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

5. In what town did the first of the ashokh contests which Gurdjieff witnessed take place?

(see the answer key)

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