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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. What, in Gurdjieff's opinion, has harmed contemporary literature?
(a) writers seeking fame rather than quality
(b) the grammars of all languages
(c) readers who are easily taken in by inferior, sensational writing
(d) not enough good writers

2. What is it impossible to do even if one is an excellent linguist?
(a) dream in a foreign language
(b) speak more than five languages fluently
(c) think in a foreign language while speaking one's native tongue
(d) speak like a native in a foreign language.

3. 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

4. How does Gurdjieff sum up the literature of his times?
(a) "it has no soul"
(b) "it's trendy"
(c) "it's based on sensationalism"
(d) "it's quite varied"

5. What was Yelov's physical appearance?
(a) He was small, thin and sickly-looking
(b) He was large, big-boned and fair-skinned
(c) He was tall, thin and intellectual-looking
(d) He was short, thick-set, dark and hairy

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gurdjieff and Yelov have in common?

2. What did Father Borsh think that the gratification of lust before adulthood would do to a youth?

3. Where do Gurdjieff and Ekim Bey first meet?

4. What did Ekim Bey write in a later letter to Gurdjieff?

5. Where did the second contest that Gurdjieff witnessed take place?

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