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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, My Father.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language did the bards sing when they competed in contests?
(a) Russian
(b) Turko-Tartar
(c) Turkish
(d) Turko-Russian

2. Why does Gurdjieff criticize newspaper literary critics?
(a) He is jealoous of them
(b) they fool easily suggestible people and are deceitful
(c) they can't write well
(d) they earn too much money for the work they do

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

4. What was Gurdjieff's youngest niece supposed to do for him?
(a) sing to him while he sat under the trees
(b) fan him with a palm fan while he was working in the heat.
(c) see that his Arabian coffee did not become cold in the cup
(d) bring him cold drinks

5. According to Gurdjieff, contemporary literature falls into which three categories?
(a) non-fiction, poetry and journalism
(b) non-fiction, newspapers and travel books
(c) science books, magazines and newspapers
(d) the scientific field, narratives (novels) and descriptions

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town did the first of the ashokh contests which Gurdjieff witnessed take place?

2. What was the title of the introduction Gurdjieff had originally planned for the thirtieth book?

3. What state did Gurdjieff experience, according to Mullah Nassr Eddin's words, after many sleepless nights?

4. What has the literature of contemporary civilization to give according to Gurdjieff?

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

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