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

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

3. What is another conclusion that Gurdjieff came to while writing Chapter 8?

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

5. What did Gurdjieff and Yelov have in common?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Gurdjieff remember about Yelov?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 2

1) A school run by what Brotherhood do Gurdjieff and Pogossian decide to mount an expedition to find? Why?

2) What bites Pogossian, what does Gurdjieff do to save his life and where do they both find shelter?

3) What does Gurdjieff secretly make a copy of in the old Armenian priest's house? Why?

4) Choose one of these topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe the anecdote Gurdjieff tells entitled "The Conversation of the Two Sparrows". What is the lesson contained in the anecdote?

2) What did Gurdjieff think were the shortcomings of the contemporary literature of his day?

3) Recount the story of the family who died from eating poison sausages. Who caused that tragedy and how?

4) Choose one of the above questions and answer it in as much detail as possible.

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