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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 did Krestovsky teach Gurdjieff?

2. With whom did Gurdjieff's father carry on long conversations about philosophy and theology?

3. What is the other name Bogachevsky goes by?

4. Who, in Gurdjieff's opinion, invents the grammar of languages?

5. What kind of education was Father Borsh in favor of having Gurdjieff pursue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Gurdjieff and Pogossian become good friends?

2. What is Gurdjieff's criticism of contemporary journalism?

3. When and where did Gurdjieff meet Pogossian?

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

5. Describe Bogachevsky.

6. What experiment did Bogachevsky and his friends make to prove the validity of spiritualism?

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

8. According to Gurdjieff into what three categories does contemporary literature fall and how does he describe them?

9. On their expedition to find the Sarmoung Brotherhood what other precious treasure does Gurdjieff find?

10. What was the story of Gilgamesh?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) A school run by what Brotherhood do Gurdjieff and Pogossian decide to mount an expedition to find? Why?

2) What bites Pogossian, what does Gurdjieff do to save his life and where do they both find shelter?

3) What does Gurdjieff secretly make a copy of in the old Armenian priest's house? Why?

4) Choose one of these topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Who is Abram Yelov, what does he do and where does Gurdjieff meet him? What do they have in common?

2) Describe Abram Yelov and the Aisor people he comes from.

3) What scheme for making money does Gurdjieff come up with in Tiflis? Do you think it was moral of Gurdjieff to carry out that scheme for making money?

4) Choose one of the above topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) What question comes up during the opening dinner for the New York City branch of the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man? How does Gurfjieff answer the question?

2) To whom does Gurdjieff attribute his business acumen and why?

3) How does Gurdjieff lose all the money he amassed for his Institute?

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

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