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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 was Ekim Bey interested in?
(a) ancient languages
(b) philosophy and psychology
(c) hypnotism, the human psyche and magic tricks
(d) mathematics and engineering

2. How old was the girl whom Gurdjieff and Karpenko fell in love with?
(a) 20
(b) 19
(c) 13
(d) 16

3. How did Gurdjieff and Karpenko meet the girl they both fell in love with?
(a) She was the daughter of their tutor.
(b) She was the sister of one of their friends.
(c) She sold flowers in the marketplace.
(d) She attended the same school they attended.

4. Where do Gurdjieff and Soloviev travel together?
(a) to Egypt.
(b) to Russia
(c) to the ruins near Alexandropol
(d) to an ancient monastery in the heart of Asia.

5. Where does Gurdjieff sell paper flowers and what else does he sell there?
(a) In Rome where he also sells shoes.
(b) In Kars where he also sells cardboard guns.
(c) In New Bukara where he also sells dyed sparrows.
(d) In Alexandropol where he also sells pencil boxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ekim Bey and Gurdjieff get permission to do from the police in Old Tashkent ?

2. What had Soloviev been at one time?

3. How did the Aisors make money?

4. What finally brought Gurdjieff and Karpenko together?

5. What happened to Ekim Bey in Suram?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the bond between Gurdjieff and Yelov?

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

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

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

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

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

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