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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 Gurdjieff learn from Father Giovanni?

2. Why did the expedition travel towards Bagdad instead of going as previously planned to the Persian Gulf?

3. How was Yelov considered by his family?

4. What was Abram Yelov's background?

5. Why did Gurdjieff stay in Ekim Bey's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do Gurdjieff and his friends decide to do together?

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

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

8. Whom do Gurdjieff and his friends go out of their way to see on their journey?

9. Where does Gurdjieff meet Professor Skridlov and under what circumstances?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What are some of the devices the Seeker of the Truth comes up with in order to cross the Gobi desert?

2) Where does Soloviev die and how?

3) Who is Ekim Bey, where does Gurdjieff meet him?

4) Choose one of the three topics and write on 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) What was the former island of Haninn which Gurdjieff's father spoke of? Tell something about it.

2) What was the former Imastun Brotherhood? Describe them and what they did.

3) What were the four commandments Gurdjieff's father considered indispensable to a person from childhood to the age of maturity?

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

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