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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. He made the determination then and there that he would do what?
(a) Follow the instructions of those in charge in South Africa.
(b) Return home to India.
(c) Stay in South Africa and fight this injustice in whatever way he could.
(d) Return to England.

2. Was jail problematic for Gandhi?
(a) Not at all.
(b) Somewhat.
(c) Only at first.
(d) Very.

3. Where did Gandhi first attempt to practice law?
(a) Rajkot.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Bombay.

4. Through a connection of his brother's, Gandhi was given a ____________ contract with a Muslim firm in South Africa to work what he thought would be a clerical position well below the dignity of his education.
(a) Five-year long.
(b) Ten-year long.
(c) Year-long.
(d) Two-year long.

5. What does the author say about Gandhi as a boy?
(a) He was outgoing and proud.
(b) He was quite remarkable.
(c) He was very intelligent.
(d) He was nothing remarkable.

6. 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?
(a) Return to India.
(b) Resolve not to submit to unfair treatment and be ready for any consequence.
(c) Retaliate violently.
(d) Follow the instructions of those in charge in South Africa.

7. He went into beautiful temples and told the people what?
(a) As long as they were complicit in denying untouchables access, then God was not present there either.
(b) As long as they allow access to non-Hindus, then God was not present there.
(c) As long as they listened to the British, then God was not present there.
(d) As long as they denied access to non-Indians, then God was not present there.

8. Gandhi acted out of compassion for both the British and the Indians for what reason?
(a) To point out the flaws in their system.
(b) He was both British and Indian.
(c) He loved both the British and Indian ideals.
(d) To point out how valuable both systems were.

9. How successful was Gandhi in Bombay?
(a) Not very successful.
(b) He did not practice law in Bombay.
(c) Very successful.
(d) Somewhat successful.

10. Nagler refers to the Berkley documentary called Gandhi's India in which one of the women interviewed praised Gandhi's view as one from which there are no limits to ______________, and Nagler praises the clarity with which Gandhi's life demonstrated the point.
(a) Fear.
(b) Human capacity.
(c) Evil.
(d) Human strength.

11. How did Gandhi react to this British passenger?
(a) He refused to move.
(b) He stood up in his seat.
(c) He laughed at him.
(d) He did as he asked.

12. In order to bring about change in India in particular, the first such system he wanted to address was what?
(a) The one sanctioning the oppression of those Indians who were not Hindu.
(b) The one sanctioning the oppression of India's wealthy.
(c) The one sanctioning the oppression of India's poorest classes.
(d) The one sanctioning the oppression of anyone not of Indian descent.

13. Throughout these years of satyagraha in India, he continued to make friends and gain followers including who?
(a) The poor.
(b) The leaders of many nations.
(c) The wealthy and privileged Jawaharlal Nehru.
(d) The British leaders.

14. What is Sevagram?
(a) Gandhi's birth name.
(b) Gandhi's home town.
(c) Gandhi's Ashram.
(d) Gandhi's law practice.

15. When the passenger summoned the police, what happened?
(a) They left him sitting alone at Maritzburg Station.
(b) They physically moved him to third class.
(c) They arrested him.
(d) They left him alone in his seat.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. To whom was Gandhi deeply devoted?

3. Perhaps one of his most potent moments on the world stage came when what happened?

4. Weeks of more protest followed, as did hundreds more arrests, culminating at last with what?

5. Gandhi's marriage to Kasturbai was arranged by whom?

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