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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through How Nonviolence Works.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Following a period of complete submission to all of the nuances of English dress and society, Gandhi concluded that the practice was doing what to him?
(a) Making him wish he were not Indian.
(b) Making him more friends.
(c) Making him more self conscious and costing him more money.
(d) Making him feel more at home.

2. His daily chores were always done in the company of others, his meals were a time of what?
(a) Peace and quiet.
(b) Eating.
(c) Replenishing.
(d) Sharing and community.

3. What keeps a mind steady in every circumstance?
(a) God.
(b) Enough sleep.
(c) A mantra.
(d) Confidence.

4. What was Kasturbai able to do to Gandhi?
(a) Help him help others.
(b) Leave him.
(c) Soften his heart.
(d) Love him.

5. Applying the same self-discipline he learned in London, Gandhi applied his independent knowledge of bookkeeping to the accounts in question and became what?
(a) The single most informed person on the case.
(b) Not very well-informed on the case.
(c) Envied by others on the case.
(d) Fairly well-informed on the case.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to detachment, what was a guiding principle from the Gita to which Gandhi aspired?

2. As Mahadev Desai read the words of the Bhagavad Gita describing the man who has let ________________ shape his being and shed all selfish desire to a gathering of followers, Easwaran was astonished to see the words become reality in the person of Mahatma Gandhi.

3. The remarkable thing about humanity, he says, is not its ability to shape our world, but ______________________.

4. The position was as Dada Abdulla's lawyer and a role as what?

5. What must be driven out of the mind?

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