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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. What did Gurdjieff learn from Father Giovanni?

2. Whom does Skridlov visit in Russia?

3. What finally happens to Vitvitskaia?

4. What does Vitvitskaia do while she stay with Prince Lubovedsky's sister?

5. What school was Ekim Bey attending when Gurdjieff met him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Karpenko die?

2. Where does Gurdjieff meet Ekim Bey and under what circumstances?

3. Where does Ekim Bey show up four years after he first meets Gurdjieff and what happens there?

4. Why does Prince Lubovedsky turn to spiritualism?

5. What does Yelov comment on that gives Gurdjieff an idea for making more money.

6. What does Gurdjieff remember about Yelov?

7. What does Ekim Bey later study that brings in money?

8. When does Gurdjieff meet Skridlov for the second time and what happens?

9. Where and when do Gurdjieff and Karpenko meet?

10. Where is Yelov and what is he doing when Gurdjieff meets him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the situation of the European painter who was so highly praised by a German newspaper. Was he really a great painter? What happened in the story?

2) How did a literary critic cause the suicide of a young couple?

3) Describe the music critic Gurdjieff judges as a phony in the book. Why does Gurdjieff feel the man has no right to be a music critic?

4) Choose one of the three questions and answer in as much detail as possible.

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) Who is Philos? Describe him? What is his relation to Gurdjieff? What are his talents?

2) Who is Soloviev? Describe him and tell a little of his history.

3) How does one find one's way through Turkestan since maps are almost useless?

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

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