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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Piotr Karpenko.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Gurdjieff sell paper flowers and what else does he sell there?
(a) In Rome where he also sells shoes.
(b) In Kars where he also sells cardboard guns.
(c) In Alexandropol where he also sells pencil boxes.
(d) In New Bukara where he also sells dyed sparrows.

2. What was Pogossian bitten by?
(a) a malaria mosquito
(b) a viper
(c) a Kurd sheep dog
(d) a big yellow phalanga, a kind of tarantula

3. Gurdjieff intended to write his book in accordance with what counsel for living employed by Mullah Nassr Eddin?
(a) "strive to attain what is useful for others and pleasant for oneself"
(b) "strive to be honest and virtuous in all that you do"
(c) "strive to work hard, be modest and help others"
(d) "strive to attain knowledge and use it in one's life"

4. How many books had Gurdjieff first planned to write ?
(a) thirty-two
(b) thirty-six
(c) thirty-four
(d) thirty-one

5. What would Gurdjieff's father do on evenings before Sundays and holidays?
(a) tell stories to his children
(b) write letters to his friends
(c) go to bed late
(d) lay out his clothes for Sunday

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the chief monastery of the Essene Brotherhood situated?

3. Why did the expedition travel towards Bagdad instead of going as previously planned to the Persian Gulf?

4. What kind of education was Father Borsh in favor of having Gurdjieff pursue?

5. Gurdjieff changed his custom of drinking armagnac from liqueur glasses to drinking from what kind of glass?

(see the answer key)

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