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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. Why did Gurdjieff stay in Ekim Bey's house?
(a) He had become ill after diving for Bey's father's chaplet
(b) He was visiting because he was a friend of the family
(c) He was working as tutor to Ekim's younger brother.
(d) He was a servant in the Bey household.

2. What was his father's profession?
(a) He was a cattle herder.
(b) He was an educator at the military academy.
(c) He was a menial laborer.
(d) He was a rich contractor.

3. What is the title of the anecdote Gurdjieff uses to show the inferiority of modern life to ancient wisdom showing that modern life and literature are poison to the human race.
(a) "The Conversation of Two Robins"
(b) "The Conversation of Two Swallows"
(c) "The Conversation of the Two Sparrows"
(d) "The Conversation of Two Crows"

4. What was Ekim Bey interested in?
(a) hypnotism, the human psyche and magic tricks
(b) philosophy and psychology
(c) ancient languages
(d) mathematics and engineering

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Father Borsh look like?

2. Why did Soloviev leave his home town when he was in school?

3. What did Yelov think about his father?

4. What is one of the conclusions Gurdjieff came to which he shares with the reader at the end of Chapter 8?

5. What had Soloviev been at one time?

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