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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Professor Skridlov.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Father Borsh look like?
(a) He was tall and thin, with a fine-looking face
(b) He was large and robust with a ruddy complexion
(c) He was tall and big-boned with an intelligent face
(d) He was short and fat and wore glasses

2. When did Gurdjieff meet Karpenko?
(a) in Russia when he was middle-aged
(b) on his trip to Egypt
(c) in Alexandropol
(d) during his childhood in Kars

3. Where did Captain Pogossian spend his childhood?
(a) in Greece, on the island of Patmos
(b) in Russia, on the Black Sea
(c) in Transcaucasia, in the town of Kars
(d) in Turkey, in Ephesus

4. When was the Essene Brotherhood established?
(a) a thousand years before the birth of Christ
(b) during Christ's lifetime
(c) twelve hundred years before the birth of Christ
(d) four hundred years before the birth of Christ

5. Whom does Skridlov visit in Russia?
(a) his wife
(b) his brother
(c) his two daughters
(d) members of the Seekers of Truth

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gurdjieff propose to do in his second book, "Meetings with Remarkable Men"?

2. What subjects did Ponomarenko teach Gurdjieff?

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

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

5. What was Father Borsh's view about a youth before he attained adulthood?

(see the answer key)

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