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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Ekim Bey.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the lumber yard that Gurdjieff's father opened a failure?
(a) Gurdjieff's father had too many enemies and not enough customers
(b) His father had no business experience and was too honest
(c) People were poor and couldn't afford lumber
(d) A disease attacked the forests in the area

2. Why did people think Dean Borsh was peculiar?
(a) He was afraid of cats.
(b) He wore outlandish clothes.
(c) He spoke in riddles.
(d) His views were odd and though rich, he lived in one room.

3. What did the group do when they reached Bagdad?
(a) They all decided to go to Egypt.
(b) They all went to Russia.
(c) After staying a month, they all went in different directions.
(d) They resumed their trip toward the Persian Gulf.

4. What was his father's profession?
(a) He was an educator at the military academy.
(b) He was a rich contractor.
(c) He was a cattle herder.
(d) He was a menial laborer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ekim Bey and Gurdjieff do when they reached Old Tashkent?

2. What did Gurdjieff and Ekim Bey do first when they ran out of money?

3. Where do Gurdjieff and Soloviev travel together?

4. According to Father Borsh what two things should a priest be able to do for the members of his flock?

5. Whom did Gurdjieff and his friends go out of the way to visit and why?

(see the answer key)

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