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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. Where did the second contest that Gurdjieff witnessed take place?

2. Why does Gurdjieff criticize newspaper literary critics?

3. Why did Gurdjieff go to Alexandropol?

4. Gurdjieff changed his custom of drinking armagnac from liqueur glasses to drinking from what kind of glass?

5. Who was allowed access to Father Borsh's room?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Gurdjieff's father's view on the aim of life?

3. Describe Father Borsh.

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

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

6. Why did Gurdjieff and Pogossian become good friends?

7. What was the story of Gilgamesh?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

1) Gurdjieff's father was an ashokh. Describe what an ashokh did and in what language?

2) What did Gurdjieff's father do on evenings before Sundays and holidays? Why was what he did a big influence on Gurdjieff in his later life?

3) What legend Dean Korsh and Gurdjieff's father discuss which could be compared to the story of Noah and the ark? Tell something about it.

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

Essay Topic 3

1) Who is Pogossian? How and where does Gurdjieff meet him? What do they have in common?

2) What does Pogossian choose to do instead of entering the priesthood?

3) What do Gurdjieff and Pogossian find among the ancient Armenian ruins near Alexandropol?

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

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