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

2. 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-two
(d) seventy-five

3. How did Gurdjieff's father lose his fortune as the richest cattle owner in Armenia?
(a) a widespread cattle plague
(b) He lost his cattle gambling
(c) He was a bad breeder and couldn't care for his cattle
(d) A rival cattle owner stole most of his cattle

4. What legend did Gurdjieff's father and Dean Borsh discuss all night while Gurdjieff and his uncle listened to them?
(a) the legend of "the Secret of the Gobi Desert"
(b) the legend of the "Flood before the Flood"
(c) the legend of " The Lost City of Babul"
(d) the legend of "the Creation of the World"

5. What was awakened in Gurdjieff while listening to Bogachevsky and his friends' discussions around the samovar?
(a) a feeling of inferiority when he compared himself with them
(b) an interest in abstract questions and spiritualism
(c) an interest in mathematics
(d) an interest in becoming a member of the Essene Brotherhood

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Krestovsky teach Gurdjieff?

2. Why did the subject of spiritualism make a strong impression on Gurdjieff?

3. Who was allowed access to Father Borsh's room?

4. What did Dean Borsh teach Gurdjieff?

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

(see the answer key)

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