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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom do Gurdjieff and Skridlov meet in Afridis?
(a) Father Giovanni
(b) Father Francis
(c) an old Yogi
(d) an old Armenian priest

2. What school was Ekim Bey attending when Gurdjieff met him?
(a) a school for whirlling dervishes in Turkey
(b) a cathedral choir school in Kars
(c) a military school in Germany
(d) a school of higher eduction in Russia

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

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

5. What did Yelov think about his father?
(a) He was extremely proud of his father.
(b) He looked up to him and honored him
(c) He thought he was a petty, vain and willful man.
(d) He loved him more than life itself

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

7. How did the Aisors make money?
(a) They were mostly shepherds.
(b) They were farmers.
(c) They were book sellers.
(d) They sold ancient Christian relics.

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

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

10. How does Skirdlov describe himself as he sits on mountaintop at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) as an hysterical woman
(b) as a kind of God
(c) as a devote mystic
(d) as a puny mortal

11. Where do Gurdjieff and Ekim Bey first meet?
(a) n Kars
(b) in Alexandropol
(c) In Constantinople
(d) In Egypt

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

13. What was Yelov's physical appearance?
(a) He was short, thick-set, dark and hairy
(b) He was large, big-boned and fair-skinned
(c) He was small, thin and sickly-looking
(d) He was tall, thin and intellectual-looking

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

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gurdjieff earn money in Constantinople?

2. What caused Yelov to lose his wealth as a book and stationery store owner?

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

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

5. What were the Aisors called?

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