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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 does Gurdjieff sell paper flowers and what else does he sell there?

2. Who is Philos?

3. What proposal did Prince Lubovedsky make to Gurdjieff and his friends?

4. What did the Seekers of Truth do at the end of the summer that Gurdjieff spent in Alexandropol?

5. Skidlov and Gurdjieff seek the source of what river together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What brings them together?

2. From what people is Yelov descended and what characterizes these people?

3. Where and when do Gurdjieff and Karpenko meet?

4. What does Yelov comment on that gives Gurdjieff an idea for making more money.

5. Whom does Gurdjieff promise the Prince to escort from Constantinople to Russia and what does he think of that person when he meets her?

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

7. Where does Ekim Bey show up four years after he first meets Gurdjieff and what happens there?

8. What does Ekim Bey later study that brings in money?

9. Where does Gurdjieff meet Prince Lubovedsky and what do they have in common?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

1) Describe Gurdjieff's theories about translation of languages.

2) Why does Gurdjieff think grammars have harmed contemporary literature?

3) What are some of Gurdjieff's theories about translation of languages and thinking in one language while attempting to speak another?

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

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