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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 fat with a ruddy complexion and wore glasses.
(c) He was small, dark and clean-shaven.
(d) He was of medium height, dark , with a small moustache.

2. Gurdjieff read books on various subjects written in what languages?
(a) Greek, Turkish and Latin
(b) Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek
(c) Greek, Hebrew and Turko-Tartar
(d) Greek, Armenian and Russian

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

4. What was the "Sarmoung"?
(a) An ancient scroll from the Dead Sea.
(b) A famous esoteric school which Gurdjieff and Pogassian seek
(c) A garment worn by an Armenian priest
(d) A city in ancient Mesopotamia

5. Where was Sarkis Pogossian born and of what race was he?
(a) He was Armenian but he was born in Turkey.
(b) He was Greek and he was born in Armenia.
(c) He was Turkish and he was born in Greece.
(d) He was Armenian and he was born in Transcaucasia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Yezidis?

2. What did Krestovsky teach Gurdjieff?

3. Who, in Gurdjieff's opinion, invents the grammar of languages?

4. How did the stories Gurdjieff's father told him influence him in his later life?

5. What phenomenon do Bogachevsky and his friends experiment with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe an ashokh.

3. When and where did Gurdjieff meet Pogossian?

4. Why did people consider Father Borsh peculiar?

5. What was the story of Gilgamesh?

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

7. Describe Father Borsh.

8. Why do Gurdjieff and Pogossian travel to Alexandropol?

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

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

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