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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Material Question.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Gurdjieff doing in Alexandropol when Karpenko stopped off to see him?
(a) studying spiritualism
(b) studying the influence of vibrations on living things
(c) studying to be a hypnotist
(d) studying ancient languages

2. What unique journey do the Seekers of the Truth make at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) They cross the Black Sea
(b) They travel once more to Egypt and discover treasure.
(c) They cross the Gobi desert in a unique way.
(d) They travel to the caves of the Tibetans

3. How does Gurdjieff remember Pogossian?
(a) as a lazy but dear friend
(b) as a simple man with a deep faith
(c) as a workaholic who became a wealthy ship owner
(d) as a fellow adventurer who never achieved his goals

4. Who was Vseslavsky?
(a) an army chaplain friend of Bogchevsky
(b) Bogachevsky's childhood friend
(c) Bogachevsky's brother-in-law
(d) a fellow-countryman of Bogachevsky and an army engineer

5. What did Pogossian look like?
(a) He was fat with a ruddy complexion and wore glasses.
(b) He was tall, fair-haired with a full beard.
(c) He was of medium height, dark , with a small moustache.
(d) He was small, dark and clean-shaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Aisors called?

2. How did the stories Gurdjieff's father told him influence him in his later life?

3. Why did Gurdjieff go to Alexandropol?

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

5. What did Father Borsh look like?

(see the answer key)

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