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

2. What are Soloviev's early vices?
(a) gluttony and cruelty to animals
(b) lying and cheating in school
(c) street fighting and gambling
(d) drinking and stealing from his mother

3. How and where did Karpenko meet an untimely death?
(a) on a trip across the Gobi desert he was bitten by a camel
(b) on a trip through the Himalayas he was wounded by natives
(c) on a trip through the Himalayas he died in an avalanche
(d) on a trip to Egypt he was bitten by an asp

4. How old was the girl whom Gurdjieff and Karpenko fell in love with?
(a) 19
(b) 13
(c) 20
(d) 16

5. What did Gurdjieff's aunt warn him about?
(a) to be faithful to his father's teachings
(b) to study hard so that he could earn a good living
(c) to take care not to have an accident with a firearm
(d) not to marry too young

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Philos?

2. Where do Gurdjieff and Ekim Bey first meet?

3. How did Yelov view his mother?

4. What legend did Gurdjieff's father and Dean Borsh discuss all night while Gurdjieff and his uncle listened to them?

5. What did Yelov think about his father?

(see the answer key)

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