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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 was Pogossian bitten by?
(a) a viper
(b) a Kurd sheep dog
(c) a big yellow phalanga, a kind of tarantula
(d) a malaria mosquito

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

3. How did Gurdjieff view his father?
(a) like a fool whom he had no respect for
(b) like a very stern patriarch whom he feared
(c) like an older brother who instilled high ideals in him
(d) like a friend who was somewhat beneath him

4. Where is the chief monastery of the Essene Brotherhood situated?
(a) not far from the shores of the Dead Sea
(b) near Jerusalem
(c) in Nazareth
(d) near the sea of Galilee

5. Where do Gurdjieff and Ekim Bey first meet?
(a) n Kars
(b) In Egypt
(c) in Alexandropol
(d) In Constantinople

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did people think Dean Borsh was peculiar?

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

3. Who wound up with the girl, Gurdjieff or Karpenko?

4. How did Gurdjieff's father lose his fortune as the richest cattle owner in Armenia?

5. What did Ekim Bey and Gurdjieff do when they reached Old Tashkent?

(see the answer key)

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