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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 Pogossian look like?
(a) He was of medium height, dark , with a small moustache.
(b) He was small, dark and clean-shaven.
(c) He was fat with a ruddy complexion and wore glasses.
(d) He was tall, fair-haired with a full beard.

2. When did Gurdjieff meet Abram Yelov?
(a) When he was suffering from a high fever and pneumonia
(b) When he given up his search for ancient truths
(c) When he was visiting his family
(d) When he had buried himelf in reading ancient liturature in Tiflis.

3. Whom did Gurdjieff and his friends go out of the way to visit and why?
(a) a wizard
(b) a famous Tibetan monk
(c) an old Armenian priest
(d) a Persian dervish who was supposed to be very wise

4. What was Ekim Bey interested in?
(a) mathematics and engineering
(b) ancient languages
(c) philosophy and psychology
(d) hypnotism, the human psyche and magic tricks

5. What did Gurdjieff and Karpenko decide to do in order to settle their dispute over the girl?
(a) enter a singing contest where the winner would win her
(b) give her an ultimatum of choosing one of them
(c) ask for her hand in marriage
(d) fight a duel

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of education was Father Borsh in favor of having Gurdjieff pursue?

2. What language did the bards sing when they competed in contests?

3. What was one of Yelov's peculiar habits?

4. What does Gurdjieff agree to do for Prince Lubovedsky?

5. What were Yelov and Pogossian forever doing to each other?

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