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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 Gurdjieff's father lose his fortune as the richest cattle owner in Armenia?
(a) a widespread cattle plague
(b) He was a bad breeder and couldn't care for his cattle
(c) He lost his cattle gambling
(d) A rival cattle owner stole most of his cattle

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

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

4. What did Gurdjieff's aunt warn him about?
(a) to take care not to have an accident with a firearm
(b) to study hard so that he could earn a good living
(c) to be faithful to his father's teachings
(d) not to marry too young

5. How old was Dean Borsh when he first taught Gurdjieff and visited his father to discuss religious and historical subjects?
(a) sixty-eight
(b) seventy
(c) seventy-two
(d) seventy-five

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gurdjieff remember Pogossian?

2. How did Gurdjieff and Pogossian happen to meet?

3. Which two animals did Gurdjieff feel a man should embody?

4. What did Dean Borsh teach Gurdjieff?

5. What did Bogachevsky counsel men to do in order to live a moral life?

(see the answer key)

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