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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. The two of them became what for men and women throughout India?

2. Kasturbai kept her faith in her husband's character even when what happened?

3. The idea was detachment from the result of one's actions, so that one's focus is on what?

4. During the walks with Gandhi, people would do what?

5. He was so intimately involved and concerned with the intimate details of the worlds of the people who surrounded him that what happened?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is a mantra important?

2. What does Gandhi do on the day of his death?

3. What did Gandhi often do in the evening?

4. What is one of Gandhi's most treasured meditations?

5. On what was Gandhi focused? What do the people who gravitated to Gandhi reveal about him?

6. Who were most of Gandhi's followers? What did he say about them?

7. What is the purpose of the final chapter?

8. What are things that Gandhi does in the company of others?

9. What is meant by detachment?

10. When and how did Gandhi's process of learning to eliminate his fear start?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The secret of life, according to Gandhi, is renounce and enjoy.

Part 1) What does this mean? How is this related to the Gita?

Part 2) How is it also related to other religions? Do you agree with Gandhi that this is the secret to life? Why or why not?

Part 3) How can this belief change your life? Why? How could it change society and the world?

Essay Topic 2

The Salt Satyagraha of 1930 was significant.

Part 1) What was this? Why is it significant?

Part 2) Why does this take place? Do you believe this satyagraha was necessary? Why or why not? How effective was it? Why?

Part 3) to what other satyagrahas does this lead? How does it affect the lives of those in India, as well as around the world?

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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