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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gurdjieff remember Pogossian?
(a) as a fellow adventurer who never achieved his goals
(b) as a simple man with a deep faith
(c) as a workaholic who became a wealthy ship owner
(d) as a lazy but dear friend

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

3. How did Gurdjieff view his father?
(a) like an older brother who instilled high ideals in him
(b) like a very stern patriarch whom he feared
(c) like a friend who was somewhat beneath him
(d) like a fool whom he had no respect for

4. Gurdjieff changed his custom of drinking armagnac from liqueur glasses to drinking from what kind of glass?
(a) wine glasses
(b) champagne glasses
(c) tumblers
(d) shot glasses

5. How did Gurdjieff 's father react when misfortunes befell him?
(a) He sought comfort from his friends and family
(b) He wept and wailed
(c) He had an inner calm and detachment
(d) He cursed God and his fate

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Gurdjieff and Pogossian pursue together?

3. Who was Vseslavsky?

4. What does Pogossian decide to do when they arrive in Alexandria?

5. How does Gurdjieff first meet Dean Borsh?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe an ashokh.

2. Why did Gurdjieff go to Alexandropol?

3. What was the relationship between Gurdjieff's father and Dean Borsh?

4. What was Gurdjieff's father's view on the aim of life?

5. Who was Gurdjieff's first tutor and what position did he hold?

6. What was the story of Gilgamesh?

7. What is Gurdjieff's criticism of contemporary journalism?

8. What did Father Borsh, Gurdjieff's first tutor, think of the experiment in spiritualism using the table?

9. Describe Bogachevsky.

10. What important discovery did Gurdjieff and Pogossian make in the rubble of the underground passages of the ancient churches near Alexandropol?

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