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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the dervish disapprove of that Gurdjieff did?
(a) He disapproved of Gurdjieff's deceitfulness
(b) He disapproved Gurdjieff's practice of Hatha Yoga
(c) He disapproved of Gurdjieff's clothing
(d) He disapproved of Gurdjieff's way of speaking

3. When did Gurdjieff meet Karpenko?
(a) on his trip to Egypt
(b) in Alexandropol
(c) during his childhood in Kars
(d) in Russia when he was middle-aged

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

5. What were Yelov and Pogossian forever doing to each other?
(a) challenging each other's knowledge of literature
(b) having continual fist fights
(c) having eating contests
(d) forever exchanging faux insults and barbs in fun

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

7. 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 New Bukara where he also sells dyed sparrows.
(d) In Alexandropol where he also sells pencil boxes.

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

9. Gurjieff didn't see Karpenko after the incident with the girl but when would he hear from him?
(a) He'd receive Christmas presents from him.
(b) He'd receive letters every summer.
(c) He'd receive letters on birthdays and on his Saint's days
(d) He'd hear from him at Easter

10. How does Gurdjieff earn money in Constantinople?
(a) telling fortunes
(b) selling Christian relics
(c) diving for coins tossed from ships
(d) selling sausages

11. What do the two travelers do after their thirst for knowledge is satisfied ?
(a) They start a school to teach what they have learned.
(b) They return to Russia and their families
(c) They fall into a deep depression.
(d) They decide to become monks.

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

13. What did Ekim Bey write in a later letter to Gurdjieff?
(a) He wrote he was a physician and would like to visit Gurdjieff
(b) He wrote that he was traveling to Egypt .
(c) He wrote that he had become a dervish.
(d) He wrote that he had joined the military.

14. What did Gurdjieff learn from Father Giovanni?
(a) to give up egoism and seek a higher spiritual meaning in life
(b) to meditate daily
(c) to be celibate
(d) to seek material riches above all else

15. How and where did Karpenko meet an untimely death?
(a) on a trip across the Gobi desert he was bitten by a camel
(b) on a trip through the Himalayas he was wounded by natives
(c) on a trip through the Himalayas he died in an avalanche
(d) on a trip to Egypt he was bitten by an asp

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gurdjieff meet Professor Skridlov for the second time and what do they do?

2. What finally brought Gurdjieff and Karpenko together?

3. What do Gurdjieff and Skridlov do to be accepted in Bukara where Europeans are hated?

4. What did Ekim Bey and Gurdjieff do when they reached Old Tashkent?

5. Why did Soloviev leave his home town when he was in school?

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