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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens as a result of Gandhi's efforts in Bihar?
(a) Nothing changes.
(b) Members of his group are harmed physically.
(c) The tinkaithia system is ended.
(d) The standard of living for the community is improved.

2. What may happen as a result of Gandhi's fasting in South Africa?
(a) He may lose the use of his legs.
(b) Gandhi will lose too much weight.
(c) The South African government will listen to his advice.
(d) More people will follow Gandhi's practices.

3. Who is learning the printing business on the Phoenix settlement?
(a) Parsi Rustomji.
(b) Adamji Miyakham.
(c) Mr. Polak.
(d) Maganlal Gandhi.

4. What does Gandhi do after he arrives at Shantiniketan?
(a) He starts holding public meetings.
(b) He sells the livestock.
(c) He fires the cooks.
(d) He invites more people to live there.

5. What happens during the suspension of Satyagraha?
(a) There is more violence.
(b) Gandhi recruits more people.
(c) The British enforce a curfew.
(d) Gandhi educates the people about Satyagraha.

6. Where does Gandhi buy land in South Africa?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Bethlehem.
(c) Ceres.
(d) Zhar-Ptitsa.

7. Why does Gandhi buy land in South Africa?
(a) To establish a settlement.
(b) To gradually buy more land to gain controlling interest of South Africa.
(c) As an investment.
(d) To resettle the displaced Indians from Johannesburg.

8. What is Gokhale's reaction to Gandhi continuing his dietary practices?
(a) He throws a fit.
(b) He leaves for India.
(c) He praises him.
(d) He adopts some of Gandhi's practices.

9. What happens at the All-India Congress Committee in 1920?
(a) They demand fiscal responsibility.
(b) They are unable to reach an agreement and disband.
(c) Gandhi's proposed constitution is passed.
(d) They form a solidarity with oppressed countries.

10. Where does Gandhi and his family sail to en route to India during World War One?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Belgrade.
(d) Berlin.

11. What practice does Gandhi not believe in when disciplining children?
(a) Having boundaries.
(b) Corporal punishment.
(c) Tough love.
(d) Time outs.

12. What have Gandhi's experiments provided him with?
(a) A continued yearning to seek for truth.
(b) Ineffable mental peace.
(c) Health afflictions.
(d) The discipline to conduct his public work.

13. Who is the Ice Doctor?
(a) A governor of one of the Indian states.
(b) One of Gandhi's confidants.
(c) The doctor Gandhi permits to treat him at the ashram.
(d) A British agent.

14. What is Gandhi's approach to opposing the tinkathia system?
(a) Meeting with both farmers and tenants to learn the facts.
(b) To have Indian natives oversee the education of their children.
(c) To have the merchants keep more of their profits.
(d) To talk to others in India to persuade them to give the untouchables more rights.

15. How does Gandhi resolve the dilemma with the Servants of India Society?
(a) He forms his own society.
(b) He has a member of his group join in his place.
(c) He withdraws his application.
(d) He promises to conform to their principles.

Short Answer Questions

1. The quest for truth has drawn Gandhi to what field?

2. Why does Gandhi have to return to India?

3. What is an unintended consequence of the hartal in 1919?

4. Who offers reforms at the Congress at Amritsar?

5. At this point in Gandhi's life, his experiments with truth are made through...?

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