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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Piotr Karpenko.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Yelov have a great talent for?
(a) learning languages
(b) writing poetry
(c) doing magic tricks
(d) making speeches

2. Why did the subject of spiritualism make a strong impression on Gurdjieff?
(a) because he wanted to believe in immortality
(b) because he wanted to take part in a seance
(c) because his dead sister appeared to him in a dream
(d) because of the recent death of his favorite sister

3. What has the literature of contemporary civilization to give according to Gurdjieff?
(a) the development of "word prostitution"
(b) the development of "superficiality in everyday life"
(c) the development of "lies"
(d) the development of "an illusory view of life"

4. 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.

5. What would Gurdjieff's father do on evenings before Sundays and holidays?
(a) lay out his clothes for Sunday
(b) tell stories to his children
(c) write letters to his friends
(d) go to bed late

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What school was Ekim Bey attending when Gurdjieff met him?

3. What finally happened to Yelov?

4. Gurjieff didn't see Karpenko after the incident with the girl but when would he hear from him?

5. What finally happens to Vitvitskaia?

(see the answer key)

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