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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 is a problem with the land Gandhi's group purchases for their new ashram?

2. Why does Gandhi buy land in South Africa?

3. Why does Gandhi offer the services of the Indian Ambulance Corps the second time?

4. What does the education of the children NOT consist of at Tolstoy farm?

5. What is Gandhi warned about before traveling to Amritsar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What term does Gandhi's group coin at the Phoenix Settlement and what does it mean?

2. What resolution is proposed in March 1916?

3. What is known as Gandhi's Himalayan miscalculation?

4. What is the Kheda Satyagraha struggle?

5. What is one of Gandhi's ceaseless efforts?

6. What happens when Gandhi travels to Amristar?

7. Why does Gandhi think it is unnecessary to write further about his life?

8. While in prison in 1908 what other dietary practices does Gandhi adopt?

9. What is the tinkathia system and what happens when Gandhi's group opposes it?

10. What does Gokhale advise Gandhi to do when he returns to London from Paris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were Gandhi's beliefs about forming close friendships? Why did he hold these beliefs and how did they benefit or hurt him? Please provide examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

How is passivity so effective in a society that is action-focused? Is passivity a form of action? Use examples in My Experiments with Truth to formulate your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Gandhi's actions in South Africa and India on the following:

a. The tactics used

b. The role of religion in his campaigns

c. His success many years after his death.

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