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

2. How did the stories Gurdjieff's father told him influence him in his later life?
(a) they were a spiritualizing factor, enabling him to comprehend the incomprehensible
(b) he told them to his own children
(c) they were a constant reminder of his father and his father's goodness
(d) he remembered them when he suffered from insomnia

3. How did Gurdjieff meet Abram Yelov?
(a) Yelov was living in the same inn that Gurdjieff lived in
(b) Yelov came to Gurdjieff's aid during a fight.
(c) Yelov was the friend of a friend.
(d) Yelov traded books and Gurdjieff bought books from him

4. What language did the bards sing when they competed in contests?
(a) Turko-Russian
(b) Turkish
(c) Russian
(d) Turko-Tartar

5. Who wound up with the girl, Gurdjieff or Karpenko?
(a) Another one of their friends who was a neighbor of hers
(b) Gurdjieff because he played the guitar
(c) neither, they both lost interest in her
(d) Karpenko because he brought her sweets and flowers

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides having an accident with a firearm, what other prediction of the fortuneteller came true about Gurdjieff?

2. What were the Aisors called?

3. What was Ani?

4. According to Father Borsh what two things should a priest be able to do for the members of his flock?

5. What is one of the conclusions Gurdjieff came to which he shares with the reader at the end of Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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