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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Prince Lubovedsky's search take him first?
(a) to Egypt
(b) to Alexandropol
(c) to Kars
(d) to the Gobi desert

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

4. What did Gurdjieff and Ekim Bey do first when they ran out of money?
(a) They prayed for a miracle.
(b) They became beggars.
(c) They got jobs and waiters.
(d) They sent for money to be wired to them.

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

6. What did Ekim Bey and Gurdjieff get permission to do from the police in Old Tashkent ?
(a) to sell religious relics in the outdoor marketplace
(b) to advertise on posters throughout the town.
(c) to hold seances in the town hall
(d) to hold healing services in a Mosque

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

8. When did Gurdjieff meet Abram Yelov?
(a) When he had buried himelf in reading ancient liturature in Tiflis.
(b) When he was visiting his family
(c) When he was suffering from a high fever and pneumonia
(d) When he given up his search for ancient truths

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

10. How did Gurdjieff and Karpenko meet the girl they both fell in love with?
(a) She attended the same school they attended.
(b) She sold flowers in the marketplace.
(c) She was the sister of one of their friends.
(d) She was the daughter of their tutor.

11. What does Gurdjieff learn from the dervish?
(a) to honor one's parents
(b) to breathe, eat and exercise naturally
(c) to be chaste before marriage
(d) not to practice hypnotism

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

13. What do Gurdjieff and Skridlov do to be accepted in Bukara where Europeans are hated?
(a) They take lots of money to bribe people
(b) They decide to disguise themselves as whirling dervishes
(c) They decide to convert to Islam
(d) They grow beards in order to pose as holy men

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

15. What is another conclusion that Gurdjieff came to while writing Chapter 8?
(a) Asian civilization was far behind European civilization
(b) Asians were more religious than Europeans
(c) Asians were primitive savages
(d) Asians were several hundred years ahead of Europeans

Short Answer Questions

1. What proposal did Prince Lubovedsky make to Gurdjieff and his friends?

2. Who is Philos?

3. How old was the girl whom Gurdjieff and Karpenko fell in love with?

4. Gurjieff didn't see Karpenko after the incident with the girl but when would he hear from him?

5. What unique journey do the Seekers of the Truth make at the end of Chapter 7?

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