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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did the subject of spiritualism make a strong impression on Gurdjieff?

3. What was the title of the first book in Gurdjieff's series?

4. What is the other name Bogachevsky goes by?

5. Between what ages did Father Borsh feel a male was fully developed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the Imastun brethren?

2. What did Father Borsh do sometimes for a rest?

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

4. What are Gurdjiefff's thoughts on the grammars of different languages, who composes them and alters them?

5. Why did Gurdjieff and Pogossian become good friends?

6. What happened two years later when Pogossian returned to Kars where was was to be ordained?

7. Describe the Essene Brotherhood.

8. On their expedition to find the Sarmoung Brotherhood what other precious treasure does Gurdjieff find?

9. Which two animals does Gurdjieff think each man should embody and why?

10. Describe Father Borsh.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe Gurdjieff's theories about translation of languages.

2) Why does Gurdjieff think grammars have harmed contemporary literature?

3) What are some of Gurdjieff's theories about translation of languages and thinking in one language while attempting to speak another?

4) Choose one of the three topics to write about.

Essay Topic 2

1) Who is Piotr Karpenko? When does Gurdjieff meet him and how do they become close friends?

2) Who is Professor Skridlov? What is he a professor of? What do he and Gurdjieff do together in Egypt?

3) What do Gurdjieff and Skridlov do in order to travel to Kafiristan and Bukara where Euopeans were hated but where they wanted to find out about Islam?

4) Choose one of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) What was the former island of Haninn which Gurdjieff's father spoke of? Tell something about it.

2) What was the former Imastun Brotherhood? Describe them and what they did.

3) What were the four commandments Gurdjieff's father considered indispensable to a person from childhood to the age of maturity?

4) Choose one of the three topics to write about.

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