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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. In what town did the first of the ashokh contests which Gurdjieff witnessed take place?
(a) Viestock in Persia
(b) Istanbul in Turkey
(c) Van in Turkey
(d) Tabul in Turkey

2. Who was the fortuneteller whom Gurdjieff's aunt consulted?
(a) the idiot , Ivan Ivanovich
(b) the psychic, Feodor Moussorsky
(c) the half-wit, Nicolai Brandikoff
(d) the half-wit, Eoung-Ashokh Mardiross

3. What did Krestovsky teach Gurdjieff?
(a) Scripture and Russian
(b) anatomy and psychology
(c) mathematics and physiology
(d) history and geography

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

5. What, in Gurdjieff's opinion, has harmed contemporary literature?
(a) readers who are easily taken in by inferior, sensational writing
(b) not enough good writers
(c) writers seeking fame rather than quality
(d) the grammars of all languages

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pogossian's parents do for a living?

2. What position did Gurdjieff's first tutor hold?

3. Where did the second contest that Gurdjieff witnessed take place?

4. What did Gurdjieff and Pogossian pursue together?

5. Gurdjieff changed his custom of drinking armagnac from liqueur glasses to drinking from what kind of glass?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Gurdjieff happen to see the famous ashokhs of those days?

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

3. Why did Gurdjieff go to Alexandropol?

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

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

6. What was the relationship between Gurdjieff's father and Dean Borsh?

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

8. What does Gurdjieff mean by "word prostitution" in his criticism of contemporary literature?

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

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

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