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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. How old was Dean Borsh when he first taught Gurdjieff and visited his father to discuss religious and historical subjects?
(a) seventy-five
(b) seventy
(c) seventy-two
(d) sixty-eight

2. What tendency of his father's nature was defined by Gurdieff as virtuous?
(a) His father was extremely reliable in his business dealings
(b) His father never told a lie
(c) His father was loyal to his family and friends
(d) his father didn't take advantage of people's naivete or bad luck

3. What phenomenon do Bogachevsky and his friends experiment with?
(a) disappearing rabbits
(b) summoning spirits from the dead using a medium
(c) divining people's names by holding their hands
(d) "table turning"--laying hands on a table and asking it questions

4. How did Gurdjieff's father lose his fortune as the richest cattle owner in Armenia?
(a) a widespread cattle plague
(b) He was a bad breeder and couldn't care for his cattle
(c) A rival cattle owner stole most of his cattle
(d) He lost his cattle gambling

5. What language did the bards sing when they competed in contests?
(a) Turko-Russian
(b) Turkish
(c) Russian
(d) Turko-Tartar

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the title of the introduction Gurdjieff had originally planned for the thirtieth book?

2. What treasure did Gurdjieff secretly get from the Armenian priest?

3. What was awakened in Gurdjieff while listening to Bogachevsky and his friends' discussions around the samovar?

4. What did Bogachevsky counsel men to do in order to live a moral life?

5. What was Pogossian bitten by?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is a gornakh?

4. Describe the Essene Brotherhood.

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

6. Why did people consider Father Borsh peculiar?

7. Why did Gurdjieff and Pogossian become good friends?

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

9. What was the story of Gilgamesh?

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

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