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

2. How many books had Gurdjieff first planned to write ?
(a) thirty-six
(b) thirty-four
(c) thirty-two
(d) thirty-one

3. What was Gurdjieff doing when he first met Karpenko?
(a) He was a tour guide in Egypt.
(b) He was a craftsman in Alexandropol
(c) He was a choir boy at the fortress cathedral.
(d) He was shining shoes in Rome.

4. What did Yelov think about his father?
(a) He looked up to him and honored him
(b) He thought he was a petty, vain and willful man.
(c) He was extremely proud of his father.
(d) He loved him more than life itself

5. What does Pogossian decide to do when they arrive in Alexandria?
(a) He decides to return home to Turkey
(b) He decides to become a tour guide along with Gurdjieff
(c) He decides to steal the copy of "pre-sand Egypt"
(d) He decides to stay on the ship, working in the engine room

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Gurdjieff criticize newspaper literary critics?

3. Why did Gurdjieff go to Alexandropol?

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

5. Upon Yelov's suggestion what scheme did Gurdjieff devise for making a lot of money?

(see the answer key)

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