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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. 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?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Politics.
(c) Religion.
(d) Life.

2. Upon his return from his service to the British and witnessing the Zulu Rebellion, he discovered what about the Transvaal government?
(a) They were fairly kind to the Indian population.
(b) They had proposed the White Act.
(c) They had proposed the Black Act.
(d) They had created the Jim Crow Laws.

3. Perhaps one of his most potent moments on the world stage came when what happened?
(a) His followers left him to be arrested for inciting sedition.
(b) He was taunted for inciting sedition.
(c) His followers were arrested for inciting sedition.
(d) He was finally arrested for inciting sedition.

4. 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.

5. Gandhi described himself as what?
(a) A typical child with many friends.
(b) A uniquely strong child.
(c) An unusual child.
(d) A cowardly child with a rather weak mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Applying the same self-discipline he learned in London, Gandhi applied his independent knowledge of bookkeeping to the accounts in question and became what?

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

3. What did Gandhi call the new form of resistance?

4. Addressing the concept of ____________, Gandhi pleaded with the Indians that one cannot participate in such a system without becoming another of its victims and weakening the nation as a whole.

5. How did Gandhi react to this British passenger?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Gandhi do when his spirituality increased?

2. How does Gandhi go about changing India?

3. With what was Gandhi confronted in South Africa? How did he deal with this?

4. How does Gandhi deal with the Black Act?

5. What was different about Gandhi's behavior compared to other men in his position?

6. How is Gandhi irresistible to followers?

7. What does Easwaran describe in the first chapter?

8. How did Gandhi feel about English customs? What did he do with these feelings?

9. What is one of the most potent moments in Gandhi's life?

10. How does Easwaran open this chapter?

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