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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Bogachevsy.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How did Gurdjieff 's father react when misfortunes befell him?
(a) He cursed God and his fate
(b) He wept and wailed
(c) He had an inner calm and detachment
(d) He sought comfort from his friends and family
2. Who was the fortuneteller whom Gurdjieff's aunt consulted?
(a) the half-wit, Nicolai Brandikoff
(b) the psychic, Feodor Moussorsky
(c) the idiot , Ivan Ivanovich
(d) the half-wit, Eoung-Ashokh Mardiross
3. What state did Gurdjieff experience, according to Mullah Nassr Eddin's words, after many sleepless nights?
(a) "to feel oneself tired to the bone"
(b) "to feel like death warmed over"
(c) "to feel oneself plunged in galoshes to the eyebrows"
(d) "to feel oneself run over by a herd of camels"
4. Between what ages did Father Borsh feel females were fully developed?
(a) between the ages of sixteen and twenty
(b) between the ages of fifteen and nineteen
(c) between the ages of fifteen and twenty-one
(d) between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one
5. Gurdjieff changed his custom of drinking armagnac from liqueur glasses to drinking from what kind of glass?
(a) shot glasses
(b) champagne glasses
(c) wine glasses
(d) tumblers
Short Answer Questions
1. What subjects did Ponomarenko teach Gurdjieff?
2. What did the Yezidis believe?
3. Why did the subject of spiritualism make a strong impression on Gurdjieff?
4. What is the other name Bogachevsky goes by?
5. Where did Gurdjieff witness his third ashokh contest?
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