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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was an ashokh which Gurdjieff's father was?

2. How many books had Gurdjieff first planned to write ?

3. Why did the subject of spiritualism make a strong impression on Gurdjieff?

4. What was Ani?

5. Besides having an accident with a firearm, what other prediction of the fortuneteller came true about Gurdjieff?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the Imastun brethren?

2. What happened two years later when Pogossian returned to Kars where was was to be ordained?

3. Describe the Essene Brotherhood.

4. What was the story of Gilgamesh?

5. When and where did Gurdjieff meet Pogossian?

6. What did Father Borsh do sometimes for a rest?

7. Which two animals does Gurdjieff think each man should embody and why?

8. What did Gurdjieff's father do on evenings before Sundays and holidays?

9. What does Gurdjieff criticize contemporary people for and why?

10. Why did Gurdjieff and Pogossian become good friends?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe Abram Yelov: his physical appearance, his peculiarities and his relationship with his parents and friends.

2) What eventually happens to Yelov? How does he become wealthy? How does he lose his fortune? Where does he finally settle?

3) What did Abram Yelov's father do for a living? What did his mother do?

4) Choose one of the three topics and write on it.

Essay Topic 2

1) How do Gurdjieff and Pogossian get passage on a ship to Egypt from the town of Smyrna (modern Izamr in Turkey)?

2) What does Pogossian decide to do when he and Gurdjieff arrive in the port of Alexandria, Egypt?

3) What does Gurdjieff decide to do in Egypt? What two men who become important in his life does he meet in Cairo? Under what circumstances?

4) Write on one of the three topics.

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe prince Lubovedsky, What event makes him interested in spiritualism?

2) Where does Gurdjieff meet prince Lubovedsky? What possession do they have in common? Are they the same age? If not, is the prince older or younger and by how many years?

3) Who is Vitvitskaia? Describe her story briefly. What does prince Lubovedsky ask Gurdjieff to do for Vitvitskaia?

4) Choose one of the three topics and write about it.

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