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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Mr. X or Captain Pogossian.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What tendency of his father's nature was defined by Gurdieff as virtuous?
(a) His father was extremely reliable in his business dealings
(b) His father was loyal to his family and friends
(c) his father didn't take advantage of people's naivete or bad luck
(d) His father never told a lie

3. What did Pogossian do after graduating from the seminary?
(a) He worked with Gurdjieff at the railway station as a locksmith
(b) He left the church and studied languages.
(c) He became a teacher at the seminary.
(d) He married and became a priest with his own parish.

4. In whose house did Gurdjieff and Pogossian stay in the city of N?
(a) in the house of an Armenian priest
(b) in the house of a Russian prince
(c) in the house of a Kurdish shepherd
(d) in the house of an Armenian farmer

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Essene Brotherhood established?

2. What did Gurdjieff dream of specializing in?

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

4. Between what ages did Father Borsh feel a male was fully developed?

5. Where did Gurdjieff witness his third ashokh contest?

(see the answer key)

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