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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 Bogachevsky counsel men to do in order to live a moral life?
(a) a man should try to please others
(b) a man should travel the world and observe people
(c) a man should study many subjects and become educated
(d) a man should follow his own conscience and not heed others

2. What has the literature of contemporary civilization to give according to Gurdjieff?
(a) the development of "superficiality in everyday life"
(b) the development of "an illusory view of life"
(c) the development of "word prostitution"
(d) the development of "lies"

3. Between what ages did Father Borsh feel a male was fully developed?
(a) between the ages of nineteen and twenty-two
(b) between the ages of twenty and twenty-three
(c) between the ages of nineteen and twenty-one
(d) between the ages of eighteen and twenty

4. What did Gurdjieff propose to do in his second book, "Meetings with Remarkable Men"?
(a) write a sort of travel log of his travels through exotic lands
(b) build up his ego, describing all his accomplishments
(c) create a consciousness devoid of illusions in people like himself
(d) write an entertaining book, enjoyable to everyone

5. What does Pogossian decide to do when they arrive in Alexandria?
(a) He decides to stay on the ship, working in the engine room
(b) He decides to steal the copy of "pre-sand Egypt"
(c) He decides to return home to Turkey
(d) He decides to become a tour guide along with Gurdjieff

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Gurdjieff meet Pogossian and become friends with him?

2. What was Ani?

3. Who was Vseslavsky?

4. On their expedition in search of the school run by the Sarmoung Brotherhood what experience causes Gurdjieff and Pogossian great fear but then hilarious laughter?

5. What language did the bards sing when they competed in contests?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bogachevsky.

2. According to Gurdjieff into what three categories does contemporary literature fall and how does he describe them?

3. Describe the Essene Brotherhood.

4. Who was Gurdjieff's first tutor and what position did he hold?

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

6. What did Father Borsh, Gurdjieff's first tutor, think of the experiment in spiritualism using the table?

7. What is a gornakh?

8. What is Gurdjieff's criticism of contemporary journalism?

9. What important discovery did Gurdjieff and Pogossian make in the rubble of the underground passages of the ancient churches near Alexandropol?

10. Why did Gurdjieff and Pogossian become good friends?

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