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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Gurdjieff meet Professor Skridlov for the second time and what do they do?
(a) THey meet in Russia and discuss their travels.
(b) They meet in Armenia and search for old parchments.
(c) They meet on Patmos and explore antiquities.
(d) They meet in Thebes and they excavate a tomb together.

2. What religion do Gurdjieff and Skridlov want to find out about?
(a) Islam
(b) Hinduism
(c) Protestantism
(d) Catholicism

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

4. Why did Soloviev leave his home town when he was in school?
(a) He followed a traveling circus performer named Verka
(b) He was seeking answers to esoteric questions.
(c) He was running from the police.
(d) He wanted to experience adventures.

5. What are Skirlov and Gurdjieff invited to visit by the man they meet in Afridis who speaks Greek with Gurdjieff?
(a) a secret school for whirling dervishes
(b) a monastery run by the World Brotherhood deep in Asia
(c) an old Armenian shrine
(d) the isle of Patmos where St. John had a revelation

6. Skidlov and Gurdjieff seek the source of what river together?
(a) the Volga
(b) the Euphrates
(c) the Nile
(d) the Tiber

7. 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 was working as tutor to Ekim's younger brother.
(d) He had become ill after diving for Bey's father's chaplet

8. How old was the girl whom Gurdjieff and Karpenko fell in love with?
(a) 19
(b) 20
(c) 13
(d) 16

9. What was one of Yelov's peculiar habits?
(a) humming constantly
(b) hitching up his trousers
(c) reciting ancient Greek poems to everyone he met
(d) twitching his ears

10. What did the Seekers of Truth do at the end of the summer that Gurdjieff spent in Alexandropol?
(a) planned a trip to Ani, the ancient Armenian captial with him
(b) planned to join him in his experiments with vibrations
(c) planned to join him on a trip to Egypt
(d) threw Gurdjieff out of the group

11. How did Gurdjieff meet Professor Skridlov?
(a) He studied under him in Kars.
(b) He worked for him in Armenia.
(c) He studied under him in Alexandropol.
(d) He became his guide in Egypt.

12. What was Abram Yelov's background?
(a) He was a former student of theology.
(b) He had left the military in disgrace.
(c) He had been a sailor on a Turkish ship.
(d) He was of the Aisor people who had a bad reputation

13. Where do Gurdjieff and Soloviev travel together?
(a) to the ruins near Alexandropol
(b) to an ancient monastery in the heart of Asia.
(c) to Egypt.
(d) to Russia

14. For whom is Gurdjieff working when he first meets Prince Ludbovedsky?
(a) for Dean Borsh
(b) for the Russian archaeologist Skridlov
(c) for the English on a ship anchored at Alexandria
(d) for his father

15. How did Gurdjieff meet Abram Yelov?
(a) Yelov was the friend of a friend.
(b) Yelov was living in the same inn that Gurdjieff lived in
(c) Yelov traded books and Gurdjieff bought books from him
(d) Yelov came to Gurdjieff's aid during a fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What diploma did Karpenko obtain in Russia before becoming a member of the Seekers of Truth?

2. Upon Yelov's suggestion what scheme did Gurdjieff devise for making a lot of money?

3. What happened to Ekim Bey in Suram?

4. How did Yelov view his mother?

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

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