2. What did Gurdjieff dream of specializing in?
(a) He dreamed of becoming a writer.
(b) He dreamed of the spiritual specialization of the priesthood.
(c) He dreamed of medical specialization.
(d) He dreamed of technical specialization.

3. On their expedition in search of the school run by the Sarmoung Brotherhood what experience causes Gurdjieff and Pogossian great fear but then hilarious laughter?
(a) a wide river crossing turns out to be extemely shallow
(b) fierce threatening dogs sit now quiety when they sit down
(c) threatening peasants suddenly start laughing
(d) two traveling bandits turn out to be friendly clowns

4. Who was Kouzmin?
(a) Dean Bosh's friend
(b) the abbot of the chief monastery of the Essene Brotherhood
(c) an artillery officer and pyrotechnical expert
(d) a fellow member of the Essene Brotherhood

5. What did the Yezidis believe?
(a) they cannot leave a circle that is drawn around them
(b) they will some day take over the world
(c) they are the chosen-ones and have special powers
(d) they are suseptible to many diseases

6. What had Gurdjieff promised himself to do after completing his first series of writing?
(a) drink all the bottles of Calvados in the wine cellar of the Prieure
(b) consult with all his learned tutors
(c) go on a vacation to the Black Sea
(d) visit his relatives and friends and relax

7. What did Father Borsh think that the gratification of lust before adulthood would do to a youth?
(a) turn him into a monstrosity
(b) drive him insane
(c) make a man of him
(d) stunt his growth

8. What was Gurdjieff's youngest niece supposed to do for him?
(a) sing to him while he sat under the trees
(b) see that his Arabian coffee did not become cold in the cup
(c) fan him with a palm fan while he was working in the heat.
(d) bring him cold drinks

9. When was the Essene Brotherhood established?
(a) twelve hundred years before the birth of Christ
(b) during Christ's lifetime
(c) four hundred years before the birth of Christ
(d) a thousand years before the birth of Christ

10. How does Gurdjieff sum up the literature of his times?
(a) "it's trendy"
(b) "it's based on sensationalism"
(c) "it's quite varied"
(d) "it has no soul"

11. What did Gurdjieff's aunt warn him about?
(a) to be faithful to his father's teachings
(b) to take care not to have an accident with a firearm
(c) not to marry too young
(d) to study hard so that he could earn a good living

12. With whom did Gurdjieff's father carry on long conversations about philosophy and theology?
(a) with his close friend, Ivan Ivanovich
(b) with his brother, Gurdjieff's beloved uncle
(c) with Gurdjieff's first tutor, Dean Borsh
(d) with Gurdjieff himself

13. Where did Captain Pogossian spend his childhood?
(a) in Turkey, in Ephesus
(b) in Transcaucasia, in the town of Kars
(c) in Greece, on the island of Patmos
(d) in Russia, on the Black Sea

14. What had Gurdjieff's family first intended him to be?
(a) an ashokh or bard
(b) a priest
(c) a soldier
(d) a cattle herder

15. What does Pogossian decide to do when they arrive in Alexandria?
(a) He decides to become a tour guide along with Gurdjieff
(b) He decides to return home to Turkey
(c) He decides to stay on the ship, working in the engine room
(d) He decides to steal the copy of "pre-sand Egypt"