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

2. What caused Yelov to lose his wealth as a book and stationery store owner?
(a) A false friend swindled him.
(b) the Russian Revolution swept his riches away.
(c) He became ill and couldn't run his business.
(d) He lost everything through gambling

3. What did Dean Borsh teach Gurdjieff?
(a) mathematics and other subjects
(b) Scripture and other subjects
(c) geography and other subjects
(d) history and other subjects

4. Who are the Yezidis?
(a) a sect living in Transcaucasia called devil-worshippers
(b) whirling dervishes
(c) hermits who are considered holy men
(d) a primitive tribe living in the Gobi desert

5. Why was Tiflis a good city for Gurdjieff 's purposes?
(a) He was able to obtain any rare book in any language.
(b) There were many ruins around the city for him to explore.
(c) There were psychics there who understood phenomena.
(d) Many seances were held by mediums in the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did people think Dean Borsh was peculiar?

2. What has the literature of contemporary civilization to give according to Gurdjieff?

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

4. What was awakened in Gurdjieff while listening to Bogachevsky and his friends' discussions around the samovar?

5. What is Vitvitskaia's story?

(see the answer key)

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