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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. For whom is Gurdjieff working when he first meets Prince Ludbovedsky?

3. What caused Yelov to lose his wealth as a book and stationery store owner?

4. What did Gurdjieff and Ekim Bey do first when they ran out of money?

5. Who is Philos?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What brings them together?

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

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

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

7. Why does Prince Lubovedsky turn to spiritualism?

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

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

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

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) Who is Piotr Karpenko? When does Gurdjieff meet him and how do they become close friends?

2) Who is Professor Skridlov? What is he a professor of? What do he and Gurdjieff do together in Egypt?

3) What do Gurdjieff and Skridlov do in order to travel to Kafiristan and Bukara where Euopeans were hated but where they wanted to find out about Islam?

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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