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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gandhi took this trip when he was in his ________________ year there in service to Dada Abdulla, and was riding in a first class compartment.

2. What did Gandhi's uncle suggest he do?

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. He went into beautiful temples and told the people what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gandhi's uncle do for him after high school?

2. What requires courage regarding this movement against the Black Act?

3. How is Gandhi irresistible to followers?

4. What was the Salt Satyagraha of 1930?

5. What did Gandhi do when his spirituality increased?

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

7. What intervened in Gandhi's life after graduation and his return to India?

8. How did Gandhi find himself when he first arrived in England?

9. How did Gandhi feel about volunteering? How did these feelings influence him?

10. What is Gandhi's reputation at this time in South Africa? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A train trip departing from Maritzburg, South Africa was transformative for Gandhi.

Part 1) How was it transformative? Why was he transformed in this way?

Part 2) When did he act upon this transformation? Why did he act upon it at this point?

Part 3) How might you have reacted to this experience? Why?

Essay Topic 2

In South Africa, Gandhi's attitude toward law changed.

Part 1) What was Gandhi doing in South Africa? How was his attitude changed regarding law?

Part 2) How did the discovery about law change other aspects of Gandhi's life? Why?

Part 3) How did his experiences in England prepare him for this change in South Africa? How did this change guide him down a new path?

Essay Topic 3

Self-Satyagraha is discussed.

Part 1) What is this type of satyagraha? To what is it compared?

Part 2) How can one begin a self-satyagraha? How can this benefit one's life?

Part 3) How different would your life be if you began a self-satyagraha? Why?

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