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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Way of Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Michael N. Nagler of the University of California, Berkley provides the forward for the book, and opens by asking the reader what?
(a) To consider whether Gandhi helped others.
(b) To consider whether Gandhi might be the most significant historical figure of the 20th century.
(c) To consider whether Gandhi was a great man.
(d) To consider whether Gandhi is a good example to follow.

2. When a British passenger discovered him there, what did he demand that Gandhi do?
(a) Go to the back of the car.
(b) Get off the train.
(c) Move to third class.
(d) Stand up.

3. How many years from that day did Gandhi's determination blossom into inspiration to organize his first mass non-violent resistance?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Four.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

4. Having made a dismal performance in high school, what did Gandhi need?
(a) New guidance.
(b) A second chance at high school.
(c) A new direction.
(d) A job.

5. What manifested itself in proud and oppressive rule over Katurbai until her tender and forgiving example made her one of his most effective teachers?
(a) His love of his family.
(b) His desire to not be married.
(c) His rude personality.
(d) His childishness.

Short Answer Questions

1. To direct the reader to the means to learning the answer, Nagler points to whom as the perfect man to tell Gandhi's life story?

2. The author comes from Gandhi's home and ethos, and sees the world from a perspective very like Gandhi's instead of through what?

3. He instructed a group of Indians to gather in Johannesburg and determined that the most effective course would be for the whole Indian population simply to do what?

4. In Gandhi's view of human evolution, he saw what as the dharma of modern human beings--as the central law of their being--and violence as the dharma of the animals of the jungle?

5. By what year were civil rights written into law?

(see the answer key)

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