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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mother and Child.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gandhi coined the word ____________ to describe the Dalits (the oppressed), to call them the children of God, in order to remind the higher classes that their actions toward the oppressed was a part of their worship of God.
(a) Darijan.
(b) Maharijan.
(c) Harijan.
(d) Madarijan.

2. Gandhi found himself a solitary apartment and began by doing what?
(a) Decorating it.
(b) Looking for a roommate.
(c) Modeling himself after a fellow student whose poverty dictated that he cook his own meals and walk instead of paying for transportation.
(d) Hosting parties.

3. On what does one who loves the Lord of Love focus?
(a) How to love oneself.
(b) Giving love to others.
(c) Living in the spirit of love.
(d) Where to find love.

4. Gandhi's secretary, Mahadev Desai, answered the question of how Gandhi spoke so eloquently with no preparation or notes by explaining what?
(a) Everything Gandhi thinks, does, and says are exactly the same so all he has to do is to be.
(b) Gandhi has a great memory.
(c) Gandhi used the same speech where ever he went.
(d) Gandhi is good at thinking on his feet.

5. Seeing that his client was clearly right, and a long court battle would benefit no one but the lawyers, what was Gandhi determined to do?
(a) Find a solution that would serve both parties and close the case quickly.
(b) Draw out the court case, so the lawyers could earn a great deal of money.
(c) Find a way that all could benefit.
(d) Quit the case.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gandhi call the Yeravda Prison?

2. Easwaran quotes an excerpt from a letter Gandhi wrote to an English follower saying that those who do not see how politics and religion are related to one another do not understand what?

3. What is the key to transformation of character and consciousness?

4. How did Gandhi react to this British passenger?

5. In the first chapter, Easwaran describes the contrast between Gandhi as a youth to what?

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