2. Where does Gurdjieff sell paper flowers and what else does he sell there?
(a) In Kars where he also sells cardboard guns.
(b) In Rome where he also sells shoes.
(c) In Alexandropol where he also sells pencil boxes.
(d) In New Bukara where he also sells dyed sparrows.

3. Why did Gurdjieff stay in Ekim Bey's house?
(a) He was visiting because he was a friend of the family
(b) He had become ill after diving for Bey's father's chaplet
(c) He was working as tutor to Ekim's younger brother.
(d) He was a servant in the Bey household.

4. How does Gurdjieff's opinion about Vitvitskaia change?
(a) It changes from indifference to romantic involvement.
(b) It changes to one of fear of her powers which he feels are evil
(c) It changes from liking her to disliking her.
(d) It changes from critical judgment to praise of her virtue.

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

6. What did Ekim Bey and Gurdjieff do when they reached Old Tashkent?
(a) They sent another wire for money.
(b) They waited at the telegraph office for money to arrive
(c) Bey posed as a fakir and Gurdjieff as a sword swallower.
(d) They were given room and board with an old dervish.

7. What finally happened to Yelov?
(a) He died a pauper in Moscow.
(b) He and his wife and children moved to Greece.
(c) He became a language professor at Moscow University.
(d) He settled comfortably in a city in North America.

8. What does Gurdjieff do in Rome?
(a) He sells figurines
(b) He shines shoes
(c) He is a waiter at an inn.
(d) He is a fisherman.

9. What did Gurdjieff and Karpenko decide to do in order to settle their dispute over the girl?
(a) give her an ultimatum of choosing one of them
(b) ask for her hand in marriage
(c) enter a singing contest where the winner would win her
(d) fight a duel

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

11. Why did the expedition travel towards Bagdad instead of going as previously planned to the Persian Gulf?
(a) Karpenko and Prince Nijeradze had fallen ill
(b) They had run out of food.
(c) They decided the origiinal journey was too dangerous.
(d) They had heard about a wise old priest with a secret to share

12. What diploma did Karpenko obtain in Russia before becoming a member of the Seekers of Truth?
(a) a diploma in mathematics
(b) a diploma in psychology
(c) a diploma as a mining engineer
(d) a diploma in foreign languages

13. What did Gurdjieff and Yelov have in common?
(a) an interest in medicine
(b) an interest in books and philosophical questions
(c) an interest in becoming wealthy
(d) an interest in women

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

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