View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Soloviev's early vices?

2. How did Gurdjieff and Karpenko meet the girl they both fell in love with?

3. What are Skirlov and Gurdjieff invited to visit by the man they meet in Afridis who speaks Greek with Gurdjieff?

4. How did the Aisors make money?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Gurdjieff meet Ekim Bey and under what circumstances?

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

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

5. Why does Prince Lubovedsky turn to spiritualism?

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

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

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

9. Where and when do Gurdjieff and Karpenko meet?

10. What does Gurdjieff remember about Yelov?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Who is Philos? Describe him? What is his relation to Gurdjieff? What are his talents?

2) Who is Soloviev? Describe him and tell a little of his history.

3) How does one find one's way through Turkestan since maps are almost useless?

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

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe prince Lubovedsky, What event makes him interested in spiritualism?

2) Where does Gurdjieff meet prince Lubovedsky? What possession do they have in common? Are they the same age? If not, is the prince older or younger and by how many years?

3) Who is Vitvitskaia? Describe her story briefly. What does prince Lubovedsky ask Gurdjieff to do for Vitvitskaia?

4) Choose one of the three topics and write about it.

Essay Topic 3

1) Besides having Bogachevsky ( Father Evlissi) as a tutor how else does Gurdjieff benefit from his acquaintance with him?

2) What is "table turning" ? Describe it in as much detail as possible. Did Dean Borsh believe in it?

3) What does Gurdjieff's aunt warn him about? Were her warnings justified?

4) Choose one of the three topics and write about it.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 644 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample