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

2. How and where did Karpenko meet an untimely death?
(a) on a trip to Egypt he was bitten by an asp
(b) on a trip through the Himalayas he died in an avalanche
(c) on a trip across the Gobi desert he was bitten by a camel
(d) on a trip through the Himalayas he was wounded by natives

3. Where did the second contest that Gurdjieff witnessed take place?
(a) Bagdad
(b) Istanbul in Turkey
(c) Karabakh in Azerbaijan
(d) Baku in Turkey

4. What happened to Ekim Bey in Suram?
(a) He lost a lot of money gambling
(b) He caught pneumonia and nearly died.
(c) He became friends witih Gurdjieff and all his friends
(d) He found an ancient Armenian manuscript.

5. When did Gurdjieff first acquire the desire to attain wealth?
(a) when he was in Egypt
(b) when he was traveling in Asia
(c) when the idea of the Institute came to him
(d) as a young child

Short Answer Questions

1. What question comes up when the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man opens?

2. What phenomenon do Bogachevsky and his friends experiment with?

3. How does Gurdjieff sum up the literature of his times?

4. What did Yelov have a great talent for?

5. What did Pogossian's parents do for a living?

(see the answer key)

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