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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. How did Gurdjieff view his father?
(a) like a fool whom he had no respect for
(b) like a very stern patriarch whom he feared
(c) like a friend who was somewhat beneath him
(d) like an older brother who instilled high ideals in him

2. Upon Yelov's suggestion what scheme did Gurdjieff devise for making a lot of money?
(a) He slyly learned from an Italian how to make plaster casts
(b) He performed magic tricks
(c) He sold old maps for high prices, saying they were rare
(d) He learned secret recipes and sold them to restaurants

3. What language did the bards sing when they competed in contests?
(a) Russian
(b) Turko-Russian
(c) Turko-Tartar
(d) Turkish

4. What were the Aisors called?
(a) gypsies
(b) peasants
(c) "stealers of crosses"
(d) the lost people of Ur

5. What did Gurdjieff and Yelov have in common?
(a) an interest in women
(b) an interest in books and philosophical questions
(c) an interest in becoming wealthy
(d) an interest in medicine

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Gurdjieff, contemporary literature falls into which three categories?

2. What position did Gurdjieff's first tutor hold?

3. Where was Sarkis Pogossian born and of what race was he?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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