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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 is one of the conclusions Gurdjieff came to which he shares with the reader at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) none of his many friends have the answers to his questions
(b) he liked living in Kars the best
(c) no one in Europe knows or has any idea about Asia
(d) Europians are superior to Asians

2. What phenomenon do Bogachevsky and his friends experiment with?
(a) "table turning"--laying hands on a table and asking it questions
(b) disappearing rabbits
(c) divining people's names by holding their hands
(d) summoning spirits from the dead using a medium

3. How did Yelov view his mother?
(a) He blamed her for his later failures.
(b) He was indifferent toward her.
(c) He feared her hot temper.
(d) He cherished very tender feelings for her.

4. What happened to Ekim Bey in Suram?
(a) He found an ancient Armenian manuscript.
(b) He caught pneumonia and nearly died.
(c) He lost a lot of money gambling
(d) He became friends witih Gurdjieff and all his friends

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Imastun brethren study?

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

3. How does Gurdjieff sum up the literature of his times?

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

5. Who was Vseslavsky?

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