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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 Ekim Bey and Gurdjieff get permission to do from the police in Old Tashkent ?
(a) to advertise on posters throughout the town.
(b) to hold healing services in a Mosque
(c) to hold seances in the town hall
(d) to sell religious relics in the outdoor marketplace

2. Why does Prince Lubovedsky turn to spiritualism?
(a) A fortune teller tells him he should.
(b) He wants to become a medium
(c) his young wife dies in childbirth and he wants to contact her
(d) His whole family is interested in spiritualism.

3. What did Father Borsh look like?
(a) He was tall and big-boned with an intelligent face
(b) He was short and fat and wore glasses
(c) He was tall and thin, with a fine-looking face
(d) He was large and robust with a ruddy complexion

4. Who was allowed access to Father Borsh's room?
(a) Anyone seeking help or advice
(b) Any students at the Kars Military Cathedral
(c) Gurdjieff and Gurdjieff's father
(d) Gurdjieff and Father Borsh's orderly

5. Where was Sarkis Pogossian born and of what race was he?
(a) He was Greek and he was born in Armenia.
(b) He was Turkish and he was born in Greece.
(c) He was Armenian and he was born in Transcaucasia.
(d) He was Armenian but he was born in Turkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What diploma did Karpenko obtain in Russia before becoming a member of the Seekers of Truth?

2. What does Gurdjieff learn from the dervish?

3. Why did Gurdjieff stay in Ekim Bey's house?

4. What finally brought Gurdjieff and Karpenko together?

5. Where did Gurdjieff''s father come from?

(see the answer key)

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