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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 Gurdjieff's aunt warn him about?
(a) not to marry too young
(b) to take care not to have an accident with a firearm
(c) to be faithful to his father's teachings
(d) to study hard so that he could earn a good living

2. Which two animals did Gurdjieff feel a man should embody?
(a) the lamb and the lion
(b) the wolf and the kid
(c) the wolf and the sheep
(d) the serpent and the dove

3. What subjects did Ponomarenko teach Gurdjieff?
(a) geography and history
(b) Russian and geography
(c) mathematics and history
(d) philosophy and Turkish

4. What was an ashokh which Gurdjieff's father was?
(a) a skilled craftsman in many countries of the Transcaucasia
(b) a farmer owning a large herd of either cattle or sheep
(c) a bard who composed, recited or sang songs, poems, etc.
(d) a musician who played an instrument unique to Turkey

5. Who was allowed access to Father Borsh's room?
(a) Gurdjieff and Gurdjieff's father
(b) Gurdjieff and Father Borsh's orderly
(c) Any students at the Kars Military Cathedral
(d) Anyone seeking help or advice

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did people think Dean Borsh was peculiar?

2. What is it impossible to do even if one is an excellent linguist?

3. Who was Vseslavsky?

4. Where did Gurdjieff witness his third ashokh contest?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Gurdjieff and Pogossian travel to Alexandropol?

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

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

4. Describe the Essene Brotherhood.

5. What did Father Borsh do sometimes for a rest?

6. Why did people consider Father Borsh peculiar?

7. Why did Gurdjieff go to Alexandropol?

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

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

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

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