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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gurdjieff's opinion about Vitvitskaia change?
(a) It changes to one of fear of her powers which he feels are evil
(b) It changes from indifference to romantic involvement.
(c) It changes from liking her to disliking her.
(d) It changes from critical judgment to praise of her virtue.

2. Gurjieff didn't see Karpenko after the incident with the girl but when would he hear from him?
(a) He'd hear from him at Easter
(b) He'd receive Christmas presents from him.
(c) He'd receive letters on birthdays and on his Saint's days
(d) He'd receive letters every summer.

3. Whom does Skridlov visit in Russia?
(a) his two daughters
(b) his wife
(c) members of the Seekers of Truth
(d) his brother

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

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

6. What do the two travelers do after their thirst for knowledge is satisfied ?
(a) They return to Russia and their families
(b) They fall into a deep depression.
(c) They decide to become monks.
(d) They start a school to teach what they have learned.

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

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

9. What do Gurdjieff and Skridlov do to be accepted in Bukara where Europeans are hated?
(a) They take lots of money to bribe people
(b) They decide to convert to Islam
(c) They grow beards in order to pose as holy men
(d) They decide to disguise themselves as whirling dervishes

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

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

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

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

14. What did Ekim Bey and Gurdjieff get permission to do from the police in Old Tashkent ?
(a) to sell religious relics in the outdoor marketplace
(b) to hold seances in the town hall
(c) to advertise on posters throughout the town.
(d) to hold healing services in a Mosque

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was his father's profession?

2. How did Yelov view his mother?

3. What is one of the conclusions Gurdjieff came to which he shares with the reader at the end of Chapter 8?

4. Whom does Gurdjieff meet in a billiard hall in New Bukara and what transpires?

5. Who wound up with the girl, Gurdjieff or Karpenko?

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