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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Pogossian look like?
(a) He was tall, fair-haired with a full beard.
(b) He was of medium height, dark , with a small moustache.
(c) He was small, dark and clean-shaven.
(d) He was fat with a ruddy complexion and wore glasses.

2. What was Gurdjieff's purpose in traveling to Echmiadzin?
(a) He was looking for work since he was out of money.
(b) He was on holiday.
(c) He sought answers to questions of supernatural phenomena.
(d) He was visiting relatives.

3. What was Father Borsh's view about a youth before he attained adulthood?
(a) He was a non-entity.
(b) He should be severely punished for wrong doing
(c) He was responsible for his acts.
(d) He wasn't responsible for any of his acts

4. What was awakened in Gurdjieff while listening to Bogachevsky and his friends' discussions around the samovar?
(a) a feeling of inferiority when he compared himself with them
(b) an interest in becoming a member of the Essene Brotherhood
(c) an interest in mathematics
(d) an interest in abstract questions and spiritualism

5. When was the Essene Brotherhood established?
(a) a thousand years before the birth of Christ
(b) four hundred years before the birth of Christ
(c) during Christ's lifetime
(d) twelve hundred years before the birth of Christ

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pogossian decide to do when they arrive in Alexandria?

2. Why did people think Dean Borsh was peculiar?

3. How did Gurdjieff's father lose his fortune as the richest cattle owner in Armenia?

4. What did Pogossian do after graduating from the seminary?

5. What did Sokolov teach Gurdjieff?

Short Essay Questions

1. On their expedition to find the Sarmoung Brotherhood what other precious treasure does Gurdjieff find?

2. What are Gurdjiefff's thoughts on the grammars of different languages, who composes them and alters them?

3. What was Gurdjieff's father's view on the aim of life?

4. Describe the Essene Brotherhood.

5. What did Father Borsh devote his spare time to?

6. What did Gurdjieff's father do on evenings before Sundays and holidays?

7. Which two animals does Gurdjieff think each man should embody and why?

8. What happened two years later when Pogossian returned to Kars where was was to be ordained?

9. Describe Father Borsh.

10. Why did Gurdjieff go to Alexandropol?

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