View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Ekim Bey.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the lumber yard that Gurdjieff's father opened a failure?
(a) People were poor and couldn't afford lumber
(b) His father had no business experience and was too honest
(c) Gurdjieff's father had too many enemies and not enough customers
(d) A disease attacked the forests in the area

2. What were Yelov and Pogossian forever doing to each other?
(a) having continual fist fights
(b) challenging each other's knowledge of literature
(c) forever exchanging faux insults and barbs in fun
(d) having eating contests

3. What was Gurdjieff's purpose in traveling to Echmiadzin?
(a) He was looking for work since he was out of money.
(b) He was visiting relatives.
(c) He was on holiday.
(d) He sought answers to questions of supernatural phenomena.

4. According to Father Borsh what two things should a priest be able to do for the members of his flock?
(a) teach them Scripture and pray for them
(b) give them Holy Communion and perform marriages etc.
(c) be an example for them of holiness and teach Scripture
(d) care for their souls and cure their physical diseases

5. Gurdjieff changed his custom of drinking armagnac from liqueur glasses to drinking from what kind of glass?
(a) wine glasses
(b) shot glasses
(c) champagne glasses
(d) tumblers

Short Answer Questions

1. What proposal did Prince Lubovedsky make to Gurdjieff and his friends?

2. What unique journey do the Seekers of the Truth make at the end of Chapter 7?

3. Who, in Gurdjieff's opinion, invents the grammar of languages?

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

5. What had Gurdjieff's family first intended him to be?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 359 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample