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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 the title of the first book in Gurdjieff's series?

2. According to Father Borsh what two things should a priest be able to do for the members of his flock?

3. Who are the Yezidis?

4. What was Pogossian bitten by?

5. How does Gurdjieff first meet Dean Borsh?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe an ashokh.

2. What was the story of Gilgamesh?

3. What was the relationship between Gurdjieff's father and Dean Borsh?

4. What did Father Borsh, Gurdjieff's first tutor, think of the experiment in spiritualism using the table?

5. How did Gurdjieff happen to see the famous ashokhs of those days?

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

7. Why do Gurdjieff and Pogossian travel to Alexandropol?

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

9. Describe Bogachevsky.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Who is Philos? Describe him? What is his relation to Gurdjieff? What are his talents?

2) Who is Soloviev? Describe him and tell a little of his history.

3) How does one find one's way through Turkestan since maps are almost useless?

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

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

1) Discuss why Gurdjieff thought newspaper critics were unreliable.

2) Which two animals does Gurdjieff think every man and woman should embody and why?

3) What are the three types of modern literature Gurdjieff describes? How does he criticize them?

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

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