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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 the Yezidis believe?
(a) they will some day take over the world
(b) they are suseptible to many diseases
(c) they cannot leave a circle that is drawn around them
(d) they are the chosen-ones and have special powers

2. What has the literature of contemporary civilization to give according to Gurdjieff?
(a) the development of "lies"
(b) the development of "superficiality in everyday life"
(c) the development of "word prostitution"
(d) the development of "an illusory view of life"

3. What was Gurdjieff's purpose in traveling to Echmiadzin?
(a) He was on holiday.
(b) He sought answers to questions of supernatural phenomena.
(c) He was looking for work since he was out of money.
(d) He was visiting relatives.

4. What did Pogossian do after graduating from the seminary?
(a) He worked with Gurdjieff at the railway station as a locksmith
(b) He became a teacher at the seminary.
(c) He left the church and studied languages.
(d) He married and became a priest with his own parish.

5. What does Gurdjieff learn from the dervish?
(a) to breathe, eat and exercise naturally
(b) to honor one's parents
(c) to be chaste before marriage
(d) not to practice hypnotism

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was allowed access to Father Borsh's room?

2. What school was Ekim Bey attending when Gurdjieff met him?

3. What was Abram Yelov's background?

4. Where did Captain Pogossian spend his childhood?

5. What had Gurdjieff's family first intended him to be?

(see the answer key)

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