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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Material Question.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Yelov think about his father?
(a) He was extremely proud of his father.
(b) He looked up to him and honored him
(c) He loved him more than life itself
(d) He thought he was a petty, vain and willful man.

2. What did Gurdjieff dream of specializing in?
(a) He dreamed of becoming a writer.
(b) He dreamed of technical specialization.
(c) He dreamed of medical specialization.
(d) He dreamed of the spiritual specialization of the priesthood.

3. What did Ekim Bey and Gurdjieff do when they reached Old Tashkent?
(a) They waited at the telegraph office for money to arrive
(b) Bey posed as a fakir and Gurdjieff as a sword swallower.
(c) They were given room and board with an old dervish.
(d) They sent another wire for money.

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 Creation of the World"
(b) the legend of the "Flood before the Flood"
(c) the legend of " The Lost City of Babul"
(d) the legend of "the Secret of the Gobi Desert"

5. Where do Gurdjieff and Ekim Bey first meet?
(a) in Alexandropol
(b) In Egypt
(c) n Kars
(d) In Constantinople

Short Answer Questions

1. How and where did Karpenko meet an untimely death?

2. What did Gurdjieff's aunt warn him about?

3. Gurdjieff read books on various subjects written in what languages?

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

5. In what town did the first of the ashokh contests which Gurdjieff witnessed take place?

(see the answer key)

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