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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What religion do Gurdjieff and Skridlov want to find out about?
(a) Hinduism
(b) Protestantism
(c) Catholicism
(d) Islam

5. What had Soloviev been at one time?
(a) a beggar
(b) a post office employee
(c) a wealthy cattle herder
(d) a priest

6. What was Gurdjieff doing when he first met Karpenko?
(a) He was shining shoes in Rome.
(b) He was a craftsman in Alexandropol
(c) He was a choir boy at the fortress cathedral.
(d) He was a tour guide in Egypt.

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

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

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

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

11. What diploma did Karpenko obtain in Russia before becoming a member of the Seekers of Truth?
(a) a diploma in foreign languages
(b) a diploma as a mining engineer
(c) a diploma in mathematics
(d) a diploma in psychology

12. Why did Soloviev leave his home town when he was in school?
(a) He was running from the police.
(b) He followed a traveling circus performer named Verka
(c) He wanted to experience adventures.
(d) He was seeking answers to esoteric questions.

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

14. What did the group do when they reached Bagdad?
(a) They all went to Russia.
(b) They all decided to go to Egypt.
(c) They resumed their trip toward the Persian Gulf.
(d) After staying a month, they all went in different directions.

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 to Egypt he was bitten by an asp
(c) on a trip through the Himalayas he was wounded by natives
(d) on a trip through the Himalayas he died in an avalanche

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Philos?

3. Gurjieff didn't see Karpenko after the incident with the girl but when would he hear from him?

4. What town, inaccessible to Europeans, do Skridlov and Gurdjieff want to go to after visiting Bukara?

5. What was Gurdjieff doing in Alexandropol when Karpenko stopped off to see him?

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