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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. How was Yelov considered by his family?

2. What does Gurdjieff learn from the dervish?

3. Why was Tiflis a good city for Gurdjieff 's purposes?

4. Upon Yelov's suggestion what scheme did Gurdjieff devise for making a lot of money?

5. With whom is Gurdjieff reunited at the monastery and what do they do together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the main lesson Skridlov and Gurdjieff learned in the Monastery?

2. Where and when do Gurdjieff and Karpenko meet?

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

4. What does Gurdjieff do in Rome to make money?

5. What do Skridlov and Gurdjieff disguise themselves as and how?

6. What does Vitvitskaia do while she is living with the Prince's sister?

7. Why does Prince Lubovedsky turn to spiritualism?

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

9. Where does Gurdjieff meet the Prince again after two years of thinking him dead?

10. Where is Yelov and what is he doing when Gurdjieff meets him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

1) Why was Gurdjieff's father considered very rich and how did he lose his fortune?

2) What did Gurdjieff's father take up as a profession after he was ruined? Why wasn't he successful at it?

3) Why did Gurdjieff's family move to Kars?

4) Choose one of these topics to write on.

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