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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Indian Congress, although mostly pacifists, was willing to bring India fully into the war for what?
(a) Money.
(b) To help those in need.
(c) Equality.
(d) The compensation of becoming a free country.

2. What was Gandhi's passion?
(a) To make his family proud of him.
(b) To create a better place for his family.
(c) To live a fulfilling life.
(d) To help the poor of India.

3. Nehru told Fischer privately that he was hopeful that Gandhi could work out a settlement with whom?
(a) The Indian Congress.
(b) The British viceroy.
(c) His ashramites.
(d) The British Prime Minister.

4. Through the years, Gandhi had grown increasingly critical of what?
(a) The West.
(b) The East.
(c) Hinuism.
(d) Religion.

5. The next day, Hindu officials presented the plan to whom?
(a) The Prime Minister.
(b) Gandhi.
(c) The Indian Congress.
(d) British officials.

6. In what did Jinnah's declaration result?
(a) A four-day protest in Calcutta.
(b) A four-day riot in Calcutta.
(c) Four days of peace in Calcutta.
(d) A four-day celebration of Hinduism in Calcutta.

7. The leaders of the untouchables or Harijans immediately met with whom?
(a) Hindu leaders.
(b) Muslim leaders.
(c) British leaders.
(d) Indian leaders.

8. The author describes Gandhi as the most ________ man on earth.
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Loving.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Christ-like.

9. The Indian Congress met on August 8th where Gandhi's proposal of another civil disobedience in the cause for India's freedom was ______________.
(a) Approved.
(b) Considered.
(c) Denied.
(d) Considered and then rejected.

10. Gandhi heard of violence in Noakhali in the province of Bengal and decided to do what?
(a) Send his sons to intercede.
(b) Pray for them.
(c) Travel there to intercede.
(d) Protest the violence.

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

12. One of Gandhi's closest associates was Charles Freer Andrews. Who is Andrews?
(a) A Christian missionary.
(b) A Christian bishop.
(c) A Moslem.
(d) A Catholic priest.

13. For how long did Gandhi stay in London?
(a) Six months.
(b) Through the end of the year.
(c) Five years.
(d) One month.

14. Gandhi was saddened by the continuing violence spurred on by what?
(a) The creation of Pakistan.
(b) The creation of a unified India.
(c) The creation of an Indian Congress.
(d) The creation of an Indian common wealth.

15. Nehru offered Jinnah a role in the government. Did he accept it?
(a) Yes, but not at first.
(b) Yes.
(c) No, although he accepts it at first.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Gandhi live?

2. How did the hatred between Hindus and Moslems affect Gandhi?

3. Since Gandhi was a man of action and was not afraid of dying, he contemplated doing what regarding the issue of India's untouchables, the lowest caste of Indians?

4. Gandhi failed to win India's freedom while in London. How did the masses greet him when he returned?

5. Gandhi wrote a book on what while in jail?

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