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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. Who was the fortuneteller whom Gurdjieff's aunt consulted?
(a) the half-wit, Eoung-Ashokh Mardiross
(b) the idiot , Ivan Ivanovich
(c) the psychic, Feodor Moussorsky
(d) the half-wit, Nicolai Brandikoff

2. What was an ashokh which Gurdjieff's father was?
(a) a musician who played an instrument unique to Turkey
(b) a skilled craftsman in many countries of the Transcaucasia
(c) a bard who composed, recited or sang songs, poems, etc.
(d) a farmer owning a large herd of either cattle or sheep

3. How many books had Gurdjieff first planned to write ?
(a) thirty-six
(b) thirty-two
(c) thirty-one
(d) thirty-four

4. Between what ages did Father Borsh feel females were fully developed?
(a) between the ages of fifteen and nineteen
(b) between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one
(c) between the ages of sixteen and twenty
(d) between the ages of fifteen and twenty-one

5. What did the Yezidis believe?
(a) they are the chosen-ones and have special powers
(b) they cannot leave a circle that is drawn around them
(c) they are suseptible to many diseases
(d) they will some day take over the world

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Gurdjieff and Pogossian pursue together?

3. What, in Gurdjieff's opinion, has harmed contemporary literature?

4. Where was Sarkis Pogossian born and of what race was he?

5. According to Gurdjieff, contemporary literature falls into which three categories?

(see the answer key)

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