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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 was one of Yelov's peculiar habits?
(a) twitching his ears
(b) hitching up his trousers
(c) reciting ancient Greek poems to everyone he met
(d) humming constantly

2. What is one of the conclusions Gurdjieff came to which he shares with the reader at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) he liked living in Kars the best
(b) none of his many friends have the answers to his questions
(c) Europians are superior to Asians
(d) no one in Europe knows or has any idea about Asia

3. What proposal did Prince Lubovedsky make to Gurdjieff and his friends?
(a) to join him on a big expedition
(b) to visit him in Russia
(c) to join with him in psychic experiments
(d) to travel to Egypt with him to search for pre-sand treasure

4. How did the stories Gurdjieff's father told him influence him in his later life?
(a) they were a spiritualizing factor, enabling him to comprehend the incomprehensible
(b) he told them to his own children
(c) they were a constant reminder of his father and his father's goodness
(d) he remembered them when he suffered from insomnia

5. When did Gurdjieff meet Karpenko?
(a) on his trip to Egypt
(b) in Russia when he was middle-aged
(c) during his childhood in Kars
(d) in Alexandropol

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides having an accident with a firearm, what other prediction of the fortuneteller came true about Gurdjieff?

2. What was Father Borsh's view about a youth before he attained adulthood?

3. What finally brought Gurdjieff and Karpenko together?

4. How old was Dean Borsh when he first taught Gurdjieff and visited his father to discuss religious and historical subjects?

5. What caused Yelov to lose his wealth as a book and stationery store owner?

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