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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 do Gurdjieff and Skridlov do to be accepted in Bukara where Europeans are hated?
(a) They grow beards in order to pose as holy men
(b) They take lots of money to bribe people
(c) They decide to disguise themselves as whirling dervishes
(d) They decide to convert to Islam

2. Upon Yelov's suggestion what scheme did Gurdjieff devise for making a lot of money?
(a) He performed magic tricks
(b) He sold old maps for high prices, saying they were rare
(c) He learned secret recipes and sold them to restaurants
(d) He slyly learned from an Italian how to make plaster casts

3. How was Yelov considered by his family?
(a) as the black sheep
(b) as the best-educated in the family
(c) as the favorite son
(d) as the baby of the family

4. How did Yelov view his mother?
(a) He was indifferent toward her.
(b) He cherished very tender feelings for her.
(c) He feared her hot temper.
(d) He blamed her for his later failures.

5. Gurjieff didn't see Karpenko after the incident with the girl but when would he hear from him?
(a) He'd receive Christmas presents from him.
(b) He'd receive letters every summer.
(c) He'd receive letters on birthdays and on his Saint's days
(d) He'd hear from him at Easter

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Gurdjieff and Karpenko meet the girl they both fell in love with?

2. What happened to Ekim Bey in Suram?

3. What unique journey do the Seekers of the Truth make at the end of Chapter 7?

4. What is Vitvitskaia's story?

5. Whom does Gurdjieff meet in a billiard hall in New Bukara and what transpires?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vitvitskaia do while she is living with the Prince's sister?

2. What is the bond between Gurdjieff and Yelov?

3. How does Gurdjieff corner the local market in plaster casts?

4. What does Yelov comment on that gives Gurdjieff an idea for making more money.

5. What do Skridlov and Gurdjieff disguise themselves as and how?

6. What degree does Karpenko with?

7. Whom do Gurdjieff and his friends go out of their way to see on their journey?

8. Where does Gurdjieff meet Prince Lubovedsky and what do they have in common?

9. Where does Ekim Bey show up four years after he first meets Gurdjieff and what happens there?

10. What do Gurdjieff and his friends decide to do together?

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