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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. 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 letters on birthdays and on his Saint's days
(c) He'd receive Christmas presents from him.
(d) He'd receive letters every summer.

2. What diploma did Karpenko obtain in Russia before becoming a member of the Seekers of Truth?
(a) a diploma in psychology
(b) a diploma in foreign languages
(c) a diploma as a mining engineer
(d) a diploma in mathematics

3. What did Gurdjieff and Yelov have in common?
(a) an interest in becoming wealthy
(b) an interest in women
(c) an interest in books and philosophical questions
(d) an interest in medicine

4. Why does Prince Lubovedsky turn to spiritualism?
(a) His whole family is interested in spiritualism.
(b) He wants to become a medium
(c) A fortune teller tells him he should.
(d) his young wife dies in childbirth and he wants to contact her

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the girl whom Gurdjieff and Karpenko fell in love with?

2. What does Gurdjieff do in Rome?

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

4. What was Yelov's physical appearance?

5. Where does Gurdjieff meet Professor Skridlov for the second time and what do they do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What brings them together?

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

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

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

7. What is the bond between Gurdjieff and Yelov?

8. Where and when do Gurdjieff and Karpenko meet?

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

10. How does Karpenko die?

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