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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Mr. X or Captain Pogossian.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was allowed access to Father Borsh's room?
(a) Anyone seeking help or advice
(b) Gurdjieff and Father Borsh's orderly
(c) Gurdjieff and Gurdjieff's father
(d) Any students at the Kars Military Cathedral

2. What did Dean Borsh teach Gurdjieff?
(a) mathematics and other subjects
(b) history and other subjects
(c) geography and other subjects
(d) Scripture and other subjects

3. What tendency of his father's nature was defined by Gurdieff as virtuous?
(a) His father never told a lie
(b) His father was loyal to his family and friends
(c) his father didn't take advantage of people's naivete or bad luck
(d) His father was extremely reliable in his business dealings

4. What had Gurdjieff promised himself to do after completing his first series of writing?
(a) drink all the bottles of Calvados in the wine cellar of the Prieure
(b) consult with all his learned tutors
(c) go on a vacation to the Black Sea
(d) visit his relatives and friends and relax

5. In what town did the first of the ashokh contests which Gurdjieff witnessed take place?
(a) Van in Turkey
(b) Viestock in Persia
(c) Tabul in Turkey
(d) Istanbul in Turkey

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Gurdjieff 's father react when misfortunes befell him?

2. What did Pogossian look like?

3. With whom did Bogachevsky share lodgings?

4. What did Pogossian's parents do for a living?

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

(see the answer key)

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