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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Nehru became Prime Minister of India on what day?
(a) September 2, 1946.
(b) November 2, 1946.
(c) October 2, 1946.
(d) December 2, 1946.

3. Nehru visited one day and argued against what?
(a) Ending the civil disobedience.
(b) Another civil disobedience.
(c) Extending the civil disobedience.
(d) Postponing the civil disobedience.

4. 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?
(a) Committing suicide.
(b) Running for office.
(c) Fasting to death.
(d) Becoming a suicide bomber.

5. What did Gandhi do when all parties agreed to end the violence in Calcutta?
(a) He stopped meditating.
(b) He returned home.
(c) He read from the Quran.
(d) He broke his fast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did Jinnah and his followers recognize the new government?

2. Word came that the neighboring province of Bihar had broken out into violence. Thousands of Moslems were massacred. Gandhi put the blame at the feet of whom?

3. A renewed effort on England's part was borne from what?

4. Gandhi was considering another civil disobedience that he called what?

5. The Indian Congress, although mostly pacifists, was willing to bring India fully into the war for what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Against what did Gandhi remain steadfast? Did others stand strong with him? Why or why not?

2. What did the author, Louis Fischer, learn about Gandhi during their time together?

3. Describe Gandhi's personal life.

4. Where did Gandhi and his son go in August of 1931?

5. How did Gandhi deal with the violence he saw and heard about?

6. How did Gandhi feel about the west?

7. Describe Gandhi's ashram.

8. What did the Indian Congress do regarding the partition? How did Gandhi react to this?

9. How did people react to Gandhi while he was in London?

10. What took place in September of 1946?

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