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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tendency of his father's nature was defined by Gurdieff as virtuous?
(a) his father didn't take advantage of people's naivete or bad luck
(b) His father never told a lie
(c) His father was loyal to his family and friends
(d) His father was extremely reliable in his business dealings

2. What state did Gurdjieff experience, according to Mullah Nassr Eddin's words, after many sleepless nights?
(a) "to feel like death warmed over"
(b) "to feel oneself run over by a herd of camels"
(c) "to feel oneself tired to the bone"
(d) "to feel oneself plunged in galoshes to the eyebrows"

3. In whose house did Gurdjieff and Pogossian stay in the city of N?
(a) in the house of an Armenian farmer
(b) in the house of a Russian prince
(c) in the house of a Kurdish shepherd
(d) in the house of an Armenian priest

4. What did the Imastun brethren study?
(a) the bible
(b) astrology
(c) tablets from the Dead Sea
(d) ancient legends

5. In which towns did Gurdjieff's family live during his childhood?
(a) Karabakh and Alexandropol
(b) Alexandropol and Kars
(c) Baku and Van
(d) Kabul and Baku

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

7. What is the other name Bogachevsky goes by?
(a) Father Essene
(b) Brother Peter
(c) Father Evlissi
(d) Abbot of Kars

8. When did Gurdjieff meet Bogachevsky?
(a) when Gurdjieff traveled to Russia
(b) when Bogachevsky was ill
(c) when Bogachevsky was old and intending to retire
(d) when Bogachevsky was young and about to become a priest

9. What treasure did Gurdjieff secretly get from the Armenian priest?
(a) a copy of an ancient Armenian parchment
(b) an ancient map of Armenian treasure caves
(c) a copy he makes from an ancient map of "pre-sand Egypt"
(d) an ancient parchment with esoteric secrets

10. What did Gurdjieff propose to do in his second book, "Meetings with Remarkable Men"?
(a) write a sort of travel log of his travels through exotic lands
(b) write an entertaining book, enjoyable to everyone
(c) create a consciousness devoid of illusions in people like himself
(d) build up his ego, describing all his accomplishments

11. Where did Gurdjieff witness his third ashokh contest?
(a) Teheran in Persia
(b) Istanbul in Turkey
(c) Kabul in the region of Afghanistan
(d) Subatan in the region of Kars

12. What did Sokolov teach Gurdjieff?
(a) anatomy and physiology
(b) mathematics and geography
(c) physics and mathematics
(d) Scripture and history

13. What kind of education was Father Borsh in favor of having Gurdjieff pursue?
(a) a practical education in woodworking
(b) a military education
(c) the priesthood
(d) a medical education

14. When did Gurdjieff meet Pogossian and become friends with him?
(a) in Baku on a trip
(b) in Kars during his childhood
(c) in Paldevan during his vacation
(d) when Pogossian was finishing his seminary studies

15. Why did the subject of spiritualism make a strong impression on Gurdjieff?
(a) because he wanted to take part in a seance
(b) because his dead sister appeared to him in a dream
(c) because of the recent death of his favorite sister
(d) because he wanted to believe in immortality

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Gurdjieff's father carry on long conversations about philosophy and theology?

2. What did Bogachevsky counsel men to do in order to live a moral life?

3. According to Gurdjieff, contemporary literature falls into which three categories?

4. Which two animals did Gurdjieff feel a man should embody?

5. Where did the second contest that Gurdjieff witnessed take place?

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