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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 finally happened to Yelov?
(a) He died a pauper in Moscow.
(b) He became a language professor at Moscow University.
(c) He and his wife and children moved to Greece.
(d) He settled comfortably in a city in North America.

2. Where do Gurdjieff and Ekim Bey first meet?
(a) n Kars
(b) In Constantinople
(c) in Alexandropol
(d) In Egypt

3. What does Gurdjieff do in Rome?
(a) He is a fisherman.
(b) He is a waiter at an inn.
(c) He shines shoes
(d) He sells figurines

4. Skidlov and Gurdjieff seek the source of what river together?
(a) the Volga
(b) the Euphrates
(c) the Tiber
(d) the Nile

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Gurdjieff meet Karpenko?

2. What did Gurdjieff and Ekim Bey do first when they ran out of money?

3. How did Gurdjieff meet Professor Skridlov?

4. What was Gurdjieff doing when he first met Karpenko?

5. Whom did Gurdjieff and his friends go out of the way to visit and why?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Gurdjieff remember about Yelov?

5. Why was Ekim Bey's father indebted to Gurdjieff?

6. How does Karpenko die?

7. Why does Prince Lubovedsky turn to spiritualism?

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

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

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

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