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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 given up his search for ancient truths
(d) When he was suffering from a high fever and pneumonia

2. What was one of Yelov's peculiar habits?
(a) humming constantly
(b) reciting ancient Greek poems to everyone he met
(c) hitching up his trousers
(d) twitching his ears

3. What happened to Ekim Bey in Suram?
(a) He caught pneumonia and nearly died.
(b) He became friends witih Gurdjieff and all his friends
(c) He lost a lot of money gambling
(d) He found an ancient Armenian manuscript.

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

5. 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 in Russia and discuss their travels.
(c) They meet on Patmos and explore antiquities.
(d) They meet in Armenia and search for old parchments.

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

7. 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 hear from him at Easter
(d) He'd receive letters on birthdays and on his Saint's days

8. Why was Tiflis a good city for Gurdjieff 's purposes?
(a) There were many ruins around the city for him to explore.
(b) Many seances were held by mediums in the city.
(c) He was able to obtain any rare book in any language.
(d) There were psychics there who understood phenomena.

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

10. What was Ekim Bey interested in?
(a) ancient languages
(b) philosophy and psychology
(c) hypnotism, the human psyche and magic tricks
(d) mathematics and engineering

11. What does Gurdjieff agree to do for Prince Lubovedsky?
(a) He agrees to hold a seance in order to contact his wife.
(b) He agrees to give up his rights to the "pre-sand" map of Egypt
(c) He agrees to work as a translator for the prince
(d) He agrees to escort a Polish woman to Russia.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another conclusion that Gurdjieff came to while writing Chapter 8?

2. Why does Prince Lubovedsky turn to spiritualism?

3. What finally happened to Yelov?

4. What was his father's profession?

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

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