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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 Ekim Bey and Gurdjieff do when they reached Old Tashkent?
(a) Bey posed as a fakir and Gurdjieff as a sword swallower.
(b) They waited at the telegraph office for money to arrive
(c) They were given room and board with an old dervish.
(d) They sent another wire for money.

2. How does Skirdlov describe himself as he sits on mountaintop at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) as an hysterical woman
(b) as a devote mystic
(c) as a kind of God
(d) as a puny mortal

3. What does Gurdjieff agree to do for Prince Lubovedsky?
(a) He agrees to escort a Polish woman to Russia.
(b) He agrees to work as a translator for the prince
(c) He agrees to hold a seance in order to contact his wife.
(d) He agrees to give up his rights to the "pre-sand" map of Egypt

4. What religion do Gurdjieff and Skridlov want to find out about?
(a) Islam
(b) Catholicism
(c) Protestantism
(d) Hinduism

5. Who is Philos?
(a) the owner of the inn where Gurdjieff is staying
(b) an old dervish Gurdjieff meets in New Bukara
(c) Gurdjieff's faithful dog
(d) Gurdjieff's brother

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the conclusions Gurdjieff came to which he shares with the reader at the end of Chapter 8?

2. Where do Gurdjieff and Soloviev travel together?

3. What was one of Yelov's peculiar habits?

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

5. What caused Yelov to lose his wealth as a book and stationery store owner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ekim Bey later study that brings in money?

2. What does Gurdjieff remember about Yelov?

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

4. When does Gurdjieff meet Skridlov for the second time and what happens?

5. What brings them together?

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

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

8. From what people is Yelov descended and what characterizes these people?

9. Where does Gurdjieff meet Professor Skridlov and under what circumstances?

10. What degree does Karpenko with?

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