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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. Who wound up with the girl, Gurdjieff or Karpenko?
(a) Karpenko because he brought her sweets and flowers
(b) Gurdjieff because he played the guitar
(c) neither, they both lost interest in her
(d) Another one of their friends who was a neighbor of hers

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

3. For whom is Gurdjieff working when he first meets Prince Ludbovedsky?
(a) for the English on a ship anchored at Alexandria
(b) for Dean Borsh
(c) for his father
(d) for the Russian archaeologist Skridlov

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

5. Why does Gurdjieff criticize newspaper literary critics?
(a) they earn too much money for the work they do
(b) they fool easily suggestible people and are deceitful
(c) they can't write well
(d) He is jealoous of them

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ekim Bey and Gurdjieff do when they reached Old Tashkent?

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

3. When did Gurdjieff meet Bogachevsky?

4. What were the Aisors called?

5. What was Yelov's physical appearance?

(see the answer key)

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