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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What finally happens to Vitvitskaia?
(a) She has a child out of wedlock and raises it in Russia.
(b) She takes ill on a journey and dies in Samara.
(c) She travels to North America and settles there.
(d) She marries a wealthy book dealer in Moscow.

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

4. Upon Yelov's suggestion what scheme did Gurdjieff devise for making a lot of money?
(a) He performed magic tricks
(b) He sold old maps for high prices, saying they were rare
(c) He slyly learned from an Italian how to make plaster casts
(d) He learned secret recipes and sold them to restaurants

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is one of the conclusions Gurdjieff came to which he shares with the reader at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) he liked living in Kars the best
(b) none of his many friends have the answers to his questions
(c) no one in Europe knows or has any idea about Asia
(d) Europians are superior to Asians

11. What is Vitvitskaia's story?
(a) She was sold into slavery and the Prince saved her.
(b) She was the girlhood friend of the prince's sister
(c) She was a medium whom the prince consulted.
(d) She was a belly dancer in Egypt.

12. How did Yelov view his mother?
(a) He was indifferent toward her.
(b) He feared her hot temper.
(c) He blamed her for his later failures.
(d) He cherished very tender feelings for her.

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

14. What finally brought Gurdjieff and Karpenko together?
(a) An old priest talked with them.
(b) Karpenko saved Gurdjieff's from drowning
(c) They both risked their lives and realized it was foolish
(d) the girl didn't choose either of them

15. What town, inaccessible to Europeans, do Skridlov and Gurdjieff want to go to after visiting Bukara?
(a) Kabul
(b) Kafiristan
(c) Kaftan
(d) Mecca

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Seekers of Truth do at the end of the summer that Gurdjieff spent in Alexandropol?

2. What did Gurdjieff and Karpenko decide to do in order to settle their dispute over the girl?

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

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

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

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