View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Gurdjieff stay in Ekim Bey's house?
(a) He was a servant in the Bey household.
(b) He was visiting because he was a friend of the family
(c) He had become ill after diving for Bey's father's chaplet
(d) He was working as tutor to Ekim's younger brother.

3. Who is Philos?
(a) Gurdjieff's faithful dog
(b) Gurdjieff's brother
(c) the owner of the inn where Gurdjieff is staying
(d) an old dervish Gurdjieff meets in New Bukara

4. What did Yelov think about his father?
(a) He thought he was a petty, vain and willful man.
(b) He looked up to him and honored him
(c) He was extremely proud of his father.
(d) He loved him more than life itself

5. How old was Dean Borsh when he first taught Gurdjieff and visited his father to discuss religious and historical subjects?
(a) seventy
(b) seventy-two
(c) sixty-eight
(d) seventy-five

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ekim Bey and Gurdjieff get permission to do from the police in Old Tashkent ?

2. How did Gurdjieff view his father?

3. What was Gurdjieff's purpose in traveling to Echmiadzin?

4. What is the title of the anecdote Gurdjieff uses to show the inferiority of modern life to ancient wisdom showing that modern life and literature are poison to the human race.

5. What, in Gurdjieff's opinion, has harmed contemporary literature?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 392 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample