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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. How did Gurdjieff and Karpenko meet the girl they both fell in love with?
(a) She was the sister of one of their friends.
(b) She attended the same school they attended.
(c) She was the daughter of their tutor.
(d) She sold flowers in the marketplace.

2. What were Yelov and Pogossian forever doing to each other?
(a) having eating contests
(b) having continual fist fights
(c) challenging each other's knowledge of literature
(d) forever exchanging faux insults and barbs in fun

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

4. Gurdjieff read books on various subjects written in what languages?
(a) Greek, Hebrew and Turko-Tartar
(b) Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek
(c) Greek, Armenian and Russian
(d) Greek, Turkish and Latin

5. Who are the Yezidis?
(a) hermits who are considered holy men
(b) a sect living in Transcaucasia called devil-worshippers
(c) whirling dervishes
(d) a primitive tribe living in the Gobi desert

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Abram Yelov's background?

2. Between what ages did Father Borsh feel a male was fully developed?

3. What was the "Sarmoung"?

4. In which towns did Gurdjieff's family live during his childhood?

5. How old was the girl whom Gurdjieff and Karpenko fell in love with?

(see the answer key)

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