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

2. How does Gurdjieff's opinion about Vitvitskaia change?
(a) It changes to one of fear of her powers which he feels are evil
(b) It changes from critical judgment to praise of her virtue.
(c) It changes from liking her to disliking her.
(d) It changes from indifference to romantic involvement.

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

4. When did Gurdjieff meet Karpenko?
(a) during his childhood in Kars
(b) in Russia when he was middle-aged
(c) in Alexandropol
(d) on his trip to Egypt

5. What caused Yelov to lose his wealth as a book and stationery store owner?
(a) He became ill and couldn't run his business.
(b) A false friend swindled him.
(c) He lost everything through gambling
(d) the Russian Revolution swept his riches away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What diploma did Karpenko obtain in Russia before becoming a member of the Seekers of Truth?

2. Why did the expedition travel towards Bagdad instead of going as previously planned to the Persian Gulf?

3. What did the Seekers of Truth do at the end of the summer that Gurdjieff spent in Alexandropol?

4. What did Ekim Bey write in a later letter to Gurdjieff?

5. What were Yelov and Pogossian forever doing to each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Gurdjieff meet the Prince again after two years of thinking him dead?

2. Whom does Gurdjieff promise the Prince to escort from Constantinople to Russia and what does he think of that person when he meets her?

3. What is the bond between Gurdjieff and Yelov?

4. What was the main lesson Skridlov and Gurdjieff learned in the Monastery?

5. How does Karpenko die?

6. What does Gurdjieff do in Rome to make money?

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

8. What brings them together?

9. Where does Gurdjieff meet Ekim Bey and under what circumstances?

10. Why does Prince Lubovedsky turn to spiritualism?

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