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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Ekim Bey.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what town did the first of the ashokh contests which Gurdjieff witnessed take place?
(a) Van in Turkey
(b) Viestock in Persia
(c) Istanbul in Turkey
(d) Tabul in Turkey

3. What did Gurdjieff and Pogossian pursue together?
(a) They became interested in ancient Armenian books.
(b) They pursued a career in agriculture.
(c) They decided to pursue medical careers together.
(d) They studied the Scriptures together.

4. Where do Gurdjieff and Soloviev travel together?
(a) to the ruins near Alexandropol
(b) to Egypt.
(c) to an ancient monastery in the heart of Asia.
(d) to Russia

5. What did Pogossian's parents do for a living?
(a) His father was a teacher, his mother a laundress.
(b) His father was a merchant, his mother a housewife.
(c) His father was a dyer, his mother an embroideress in gold
(d) His father was a potter, his mother a seamstress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gurdjieff sell paper flowers and what else does he sell there?

2. What school was Ekim Bey attending when Gurdjieff met him?

3. What did Gurdjieff's aunt warn him about?

4. What did Krestovsky teach Gurdjieff?

5. Why did the expedition travel towards Bagdad instead of going as previously planned to the Persian Gulf?

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