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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Bogachevsy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the literature of contemporary civilization to give according to Gurdjieff?
(a) the development of "superficiality in everyday life"
(b) the development of "word prostitution"
(c) the development of "an illusory view of life"
(d) the development of "lies"

2. What, in Gurdjieff's opinion, has harmed contemporary literature?
(a) readers who are easily taken in by inferior, sensational writing
(b) not enough good writers
(c) the grammars of all languages
(d) writers seeking fame rather than quality

3. What was the title of the introduction Gurdjieff had originally planned for the thirtieth book?
(a) "Why I Am Against Contemporary Literature"
(b) "Why I Became a Writer"
(c) " The Meaning of Life as I Discovered It"
(d) " A New World Devoid of Illusions"

4. How old was Dean Borsh when he first taught Gurdjieff and visited his father to discuss religious and historical subjects?
(a) seventy
(b) sixty-eight
(c) seventy-five
(d) seventy-two

5. With whom did Gurdjieff's father carry on long conversations about philosophy and theology?
(a) with Gurdjieff's first tutor, Dean Borsh
(b) with his close friend, Ivan Ivanovich
(c) with Gurdjieff himself
(d) with his brother, Gurdjieff's beloved uncle

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Gurdjieff's first tutor hold?

2. What had Gurdjieff's family first intended him to be?

3. How many books had Gurdjieff first planned to write ?

4. What did Sokolov teach Gurdjieff?

5. Who was Kouzmin?

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