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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near the holy waters of Jumna, outside New Delhi, a million people wait in the oppressive heat for ___________ of the Mahatma, Mohandas K. Gandhi.
(a) The arrival.
(b) The birth.
(c) The funeral procession.
(d) The death.

2. Although later touting full independence, Gandhi went through a stage when he saw India on a par with what countries?
(a) Canada and Australia.
(b) The Virgin Islands and British Isles.
(c) The United States and Canada.
(d) South Africa and Pakistan.

3. He traveled to what city where he enrolled in a three-year course of study?
(a) Liverpool, England.
(b) Dublin, Ireland.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) London, England.

4. From these meager surroundings, Gandhi restored India's confidence through what?
(a) Prayer and meditation.
(b) His magical personality and consistent relation to the truth.
(c) Political speeches.
(d) Those he sends out into the world.

5. What is the ashram?
(a) A religious retreat for a monk.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A cult.
(d) An Indian commune.

6. Gandhi's philosophy was that for Indians to be treated fairly, they needed to do what?
(a) Attack government officials.
(b) Improve themselves and discard any bad habits.
(c) Become wealthy.
(d) Leave South Africa.

7. In January 1924, the Mahatma was rushed from prison to the hospital. Why?
(a) He was fasting to death.
(b) He had had a heart attack.
(c) He had acute appendicitis.
(d) He had collapsed.

8. Gandhi urged that Indian freedom was dependent upon what?
(a) The education of the masses.
(b) The nation treating the British in a just manner.
(c) The faith of the Indians.
(d) The unification of all religious groups.

9. What did the Indians do with the registrations they had filled out?
(a) They tore them up.
(b) They turned them in.
(c) They threw them away.
(d) They burned them.

10. Winston Churchill was reviled by the appearance of equality between who and what he termed the half-naked, seditious fakir from India?
(a) The Indian people.
(b) The British people.
(c) The Prime Minister.
(d) The Hindus.

11. Gandhi encouraged the Indians to observe what?
(a) A hartal.
(b) Prayer time.
(c) Lent.
(d) A moment of silence.

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

13. Indians became the political football in the early 1900s when the Prime Minister promises to do what?
(a) Give them jobs.
(b) Find them a place to live.
(c) Give them equal rigths.
(d) Drive the "coolies" out of the country.

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

15. What happened in 1906?
(a) Ahimsa was tested.
(b) Satyagraha was tested.
(c) Duragraha was tested.
(d) Swadeshi was tested.

Short Answer Questions

1. The person who gave him this name won the Nobel Prize in ___________ in 1913.

2. Gandhi and 75 male members of the ashram started their march south to where?

3. What happened January 30, 1948?

4. What did Gandhi lose when he spoke to this group?

5. On the way, Gandhi told who to make homemade clothing, reject alcohol and drugs, abandon child marriage and live pure lives?

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