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

2. Why did the subject of spiritualism make a strong impression on Gurdjieff?
(a) because of the recent death of his favorite sister
(b) because he wanted to believe in immortality
(c) because he wanted to take part in a seance
(d) because his dead sister appeared to him in a dream

3. Why did Soloviev leave his home town when he was in school?
(a) He was seeking answers to esoteric questions.
(b) He followed a traveling circus performer named Verka
(c) He was running from the police.
(d) He wanted to experience adventures.

4. What legend did Gurdjieff's father and Dean Borsh discuss all night while Gurdjieff and his uncle listened to them?
(a) the legend of "the Secret of the Gobi Desert"
(b) the legend of the "Flood before the Flood"
(c) the legend of " The Lost City of Babul"
(d) the legend of "the Creation of the World"

5. What did the Seekers of Truth do at the end of the summer that Gurdjieff spent in Alexandropol?
(a) planned to join him in his experiments with vibrations
(b) threw Gurdjieff out of the group
(c) planned to join him on a trip to Egypt
(d) planned a trip to Ani, the ancient Armenian captial with him

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Prince Lubovedsky's search take him first?

2. How did Gurdjieff and Pogossian secure passage on a ship to Egypt?

3. What was Gurdjieff's purpose in traveling to Echmiadzin?

4. What unique journey do the Seekers of the Truth make at the end of Chapter 7?

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

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