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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Prince Yuri Lubovedsky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Pogossian's parents do for a living?
(a) His father was a potter, his mother a seamstress.
(b) His father was a merchant, his mother a housewife.
(c) His father was a dyer, his mother an embroideress in gold
(d) His father was a teacher, his mother a laundress.

2. What did Pogossian do after graduating from the seminary?
(a) He left the church and studied languages.
(b) He worked with Gurdjieff at the railway station as a locksmith
(c) He married and became a priest with his own parish.
(d) He became a teacher at the seminary.

3. What was an ashokh which Gurdjieff's father was?
(a) a musician who played an instrument unique to Turkey
(b) a bard who composed, recited or sang songs, poems, etc.
(c) a farmer owning a large herd of either cattle or sheep
(d) a skilled craftsman in many countries of the Transcaucasia

4. Where did the second contest that Gurdjieff witnessed take place?
(a) Baku in Turkey
(b) Istanbul in Turkey
(c) Karabakh in Azerbaijan
(d) Bagdad

5. What does Pogossian decide to do when they arrive in Alexandria?
(a) He decides to steal the copy of "pre-sand Egypt"
(b) He decides to stay on the ship, working in the engine room
(c) He decides to become a tour guide along with Gurdjieff
(d) He decides to return home to Turkey

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Gurdjieff and Pogossian secure passage on a ship to Egypt?

2. Where did Gurdjieff''s father come from?

3. How did Gurdjieff and Pogossian happen to meet?

4. What treasure did Gurdjieff secretly get from the Armenian priest?

5. Where was Sarkis Pogossian born and of what race was he?

(see the answer key)

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