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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. Whom do Gurdjieff and Skridlov meet in Afridis?
(a) an old Armenian priest
(b) Father Giovanni
(c) Father Francis
(d) an old Yogi

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

3. Why did the expedition travel towards Bagdad instead of going as previously planned to the Persian Gulf?
(a) They had heard about a wise old priest with a secret to share
(b) They decided the origiinal journey was too dangerous.
(c) They had run out of food.
(d) Karpenko and Prince Nijeradze had fallen ill

4. What did Bogachevsky counsel men to do in order to live a moral life?
(a) a man should travel the world and observe people
(b) a man should follow his own conscience and not heed others
(c) a man should try to please others
(d) a man should study many subjects and become educated

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was his father's profession?

2. What town, inaccessible to Europeans, do Skridlov and Gurdjieff want to go to after visiting Bukara?

3. Where does Prince Lubovedsky's search take him first?

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

5. What state did Gurdjieff experience, according to Mullah Nassr Eddin's words, after many sleepless nights?

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