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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What legend did Gurdjieff's father and Dean Borsh discuss all night while Gurdjieff and his uncle listened to them?
(a) the legend of " The Lost City of Babul"
(b) the legend of "the Secret of the Gobi Desert"
(c) the legend of the "Flood before the Flood"
(d) the legend of "the Creation of the World"

3. What would Gurdjieff's father do on evenings before Sundays and holidays?
(a) tell stories to his children
(b) lay out his clothes for Sunday
(c) write letters to his friends
(d) go to bed late

4. Where is the chief monastery of the Essene Brotherhood situated?
(a) in Nazareth
(b) not far from the shores of the Dead Sea
(c) near Jerusalem
(d) near the sea of Galilee

5. What was the title of the first book in Gurdjieff's series?
(a) "Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson"
(b) "Ancient Wisdom of the East"
(c) " My Travels throughout Turkey, Egypt and the Far East"
(d) " My Father's Tales to Me"

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

7. According to Gurdjieff, contemporary literature falls into which three categories?
(a) science books, magazines and newspapers
(b) non-fiction, poetry and journalism
(c) the scientific field, narratives (novels) and descriptions
(d) non-fiction, newspapers and travel books

8. What was Ani?
(a) the ancient Armenian capital, 30 miles from Alexandropol.
(b) the city where Gurdjieff was born
(c) the city where Alexander the Great was born.
(d) the city where Pogossian met his future wife.

9. Who was allowed access to Father Borsh's room?
(a) Anyone seeking help or advice
(b) Gurdjieff and Father Borsh's orderly
(c) Gurdjieff and Gurdjieff's father
(d) Any students at the Kars Military Cathedral

10. What was the "Sarmoung"?
(a) A famous esoteric school which Gurdjieff and Pogassian seek
(b) An ancient scroll from the Dead Sea.
(c) A city in ancient Mesopotamia
(d) A garment worn by an Armenian priest

11. What was awakened in Gurdjieff while listening to Bogachevsky and his friends' discussions around the samovar?
(a) an interest in becoming a member of the Essene Brotherhood
(b) an interest in mathematics
(c) a feeling of inferiority when he compared himself with them
(d) an interest in abstract questions and spiritualism

12. In what town did the first of the ashokh contests which Gurdjieff witnessed take place?
(a) Van in Turkey
(b) Tabul in Turkey
(c) Viestock in Persia
(d) Istanbul in Turkey

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

14. What is it impossible to do even if one is an excellent linguist?
(a) dream in a foreign language
(b) speak more than five languages fluently
(c) speak like a native in a foreign language.
(d) think in a foreign language while speaking one's native tongue

15. Between what ages did Father Borsh feel a male was fully developed?
(a) between the ages of nineteen and twenty-one
(b) between the ages of eighteen and twenty
(c) between the ages of twenty and twenty-three
(d) between the ages of nineteen and twenty-two

Short Answer Questions

1. Gurdjieff changed his custom of drinking armagnac from liqueur glasses to drinking from what kind of glass?

2. What is the other name Bogachevsky goes by?

3. Where did Gurdjieff''s father come from?

4. What language did the bards sing when they competed in contests?

5. With whom did Bogachevsky share lodgings?

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