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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. What did Bogachevsky counsel men to do in order to live a moral life?
(a) a man should travel the world and observe people
(b) a man should study many subjects and become educated
(c) a man should try to please others
(d) a man should follow his own conscience and not heed others

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 never told a lie
(c) His father was loyal to his family and friends
(d) his father didn't take advantage of people's naivete or bad luck

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

4. What did Gurdjieff dream of specializing in?
(a) He dreamed of medical specialization.
(b) He dreamed of technical specialization.
(c) He dreamed of the spiritual specialization of the priesthood.
(d) He dreamed of becoming a writer.

5. What had Gurdjieff's family first intended him to be?
(a) a priest
(b) a cattle herder
(c) an ashokh or bard
(d) a soldier

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Imastun brethren study?

2. Why did people think Dean Borsh was peculiar?

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

4. What was the title of the first book in Gurdjieff's series?

5. In whose house did Gurdjieff and Pogossian stay in the city of N?

(see the answer key)

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