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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

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

3. How old was the girl whom Gurdjieff and Karpenko fell in love with?
(a) 20
(b) 19
(c) 16
(d) 13

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

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

6. 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

7. What was his father's profession?
(a) He was a rich contractor.
(b) He was an educator at the military academy.
(c) He was a menial laborer.
(d) He was a cattle herder.

8. What caused Yelov to lose his wealth as a book and stationery store owner?
(a) the Russian Revolution swept his riches away.
(b) A false friend swindled him.
(c) He became ill and couldn't run his business.
(d) He lost everything through gambling

9. Where do Gurdjieff and Soloviev travel together?
(a) to Russia
(b) to an ancient monastery in the heart of Asia.
(c) to the ruins near Alexandropol
(d) to Egypt.

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

11. With whom is Gurdjieff reunited at the monastery and what do they do together?
(a) with Ekim Bey and they collaborate on a book.
(b) with Pogossian and they visit the waterfall daily
(c) with Vitvitskaia and they fall in love.
(d) with Prince Lubovesky and they watch a sacred dance

12. What are Soloviev's early vices?
(a) street fighting and gambling
(b) drinking and stealing from his mother
(c) gluttony and cruelty to animals
(d) lying and cheating in school

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

14. 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 fall into a deep depression.
(c) They return to Russia and their families
(d) They decide to become monks.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did the expedition travel towards Bagdad instead of going as previously planned to the Persian Gulf?

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

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

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

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