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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 33 and 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Did Jinnah and his followers recognize the new government?
(a) Yes, but not completely.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Yes, but not at first.

2. Gandhi was born in ____________ on October 2, 1869, a small seaside home on the Kathiawar Peninsula in western Indian.
(a) Bombay.
(b) Behra.
(c) New Delhi.
(d) Porbandar.

3. What did Gandhi do when a bomb was thrown near him during a prayer session?
(a) He ended the prayer session.
(b) He forgave the young man who threw the bomb.
(c) He hid.
(d) He became angry with the young man who threw the bomb.

4. Who took Gandhi's place and led a march to the salt works some 150 miles away?
(a) His son Harilal.
(b) His son Devdas.
(c) His son Ramdas.
(d) His son Manilal.

5. He worked effortlessly to quell the violence and promote peace and love to whom?
(a) The warring Moslem sects.
(b) The warring British and Indians.
(c) The warring Hindus and Moslems alike.
(d) The warring Indian economic groups.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did India wins its independence?

2. In August 1946, Nehru was authorized to do what?

3. Gandhi bought a large farm in _____________, where learning to live the austere life of self-control occupied him.

4. In ________ of 1946, an envoy of British officials came to India to settle the terms of its independence.

5. Nehru became Prime Minister of India on what day?

(see the answer key)

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