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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 Gurdjieff meet Abram Yelov?
(a) Yelov traded books and Gurdjieff bought books from him
(b) Yelov was the friend of a friend.
(c) Yelov was living in the same inn that Gurdjieff lived in
(d) Yelov came to Gurdjieff's aid during a fight.

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

3. Where does Prince Lubovedsky's search take him first?
(a) to the Gobi desert
(b) to Alexandropol
(c) to Egypt
(d) to Kars

4. What are Skirlov and Gurdjieff invited to visit by the man they meet in Afridis who speaks Greek with Gurdjieff?
(a) an old Armenian shrine
(b) the isle of Patmos where St. John had a revelation
(c) a secret school for whirling dervishes
(d) a monastery run by the World Brotherhood deep in Asia

5. What is Vitvitskaia's story?
(a) She was a medium whom the prince consulted.
(b) She was sold into slavery and the Prince saved her.
(c) She was a belly dancer in Egypt.
(d) She was the girlhood friend of the prince's sister

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Soloviev leave his home town when he was in school?

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

3. What was his father's profession?

4. Gurjieff didn't see Karpenko after the incident with the girl but when would he hear from him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where and when do Gurdjieff and Karpenko meet?

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

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

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

5. What brings them together?

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

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

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

9. What is the bond between Gurdjieff and Yelov?

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

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