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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 which towns did Gurdjieff's family live during his childhood?
(a) Kabul and Baku
(b) Karabakh and Alexandropol
(c) Baku and Van
(d) Alexandropol and Kars

2. Why did people think Dean Borsh was peculiar?
(a) He was afraid of cats.
(b) He spoke in riddles.
(c) His views were odd and though rich, he lived in one room.
(d) He wore outlandish clothes.

3. What is the title of the anecdote Gurdjieff uses to show the inferiority of modern life to ancient wisdom showing that modern life and literature are poison to the human race.
(a) "The Conversation of the Two Sparrows"
(b) "The Conversation of Two Crows"
(c) "The Conversation of Two Robins"
(d) "The Conversation of Two Swallows"

4. How many books had Gurdjieff first planned to write ?
(a) thirty-four
(b) thirty-six
(c) thirty-one
(d) thirty-two

5. Gurdjieff changed his custom of drinking armagnac from liqueur glasses to drinking from what kind of glass?
(a) champagne glasses
(b) tumblers
(c) wine glasses
(d) shot glasses

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Gurdjieff promised himself to do after completing his first series of writing?

2. What tendency of his father's nature was defined by Gurdieff as virtuous?

3. How does Gurdjieff remember Pogossian?

4. What did Gurdjieff propose to do in his second book, "Meetings with Remarkable Men"?

5. Between what ages did Father Borsh feel a male was fully developed?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and where did Gurdjieff meet Pogossian?

2. Describe the Essene Brotherhood.

3. Describe Father Borsh.

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

5. What does Gurdjieff criticize contemporary people for and why?

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

7. Why did people consider Father Borsh peculiar?

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

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

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

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