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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What suggestion does Gandhi make to the Indian community during World War One?
(a) To present a list of demands to the British government.
(b) To volunteer as ambulance attendants for the British.
(c) To oppose and boycott the war.
(d) To engage in civil disobedience and go to jail.

2. What is Gandhi's philosophy to exposing children to those who are less desirable?
(a) They develop a sense of empathy.
(b) The good children can positively influence the natures of the bad children.
(c) They are a bad influence on other children.
(d) That exposing children to different types of people helps to develop their character.

3. What does the Gandhi family do after the offer for services of the Indian Ambulance Corps is accepted by the South African Government?
(a) They close down their house in Johannesburg.
(b) The family volunteers its services.
(c) They sell all of their possessions.
(d) They return to India.

4. What is the final government action in the Indian district in Johannesburg?
(a) There is an order for the district to be resettled by Boers.
(b) It becomes an independent district.
(c) It is rehabilitated.
(d) It is emptied out and burned.

5. What happens while Gandhi is opposing the tinkathia system?
(a) Gandhi gets dysentery.
(b) Gandhi is served and ordered to leave Bihar.
(c) He has words with the governor.
(d) He is imprisoned.

6. What promise does Gandhi make to Gokhale before Gokhale's death?
(a) To travel around India for a year.
(b) To make amends with Deshpande.
(c) To consume some milk.
(d) To spend more time with his family.

7. How do children learn best in Gandhi's philosophy?
(a) By following their role models.
(b) Through experience.
(c) By reading the works of spirtual leaders and philosophers.
(d) By rote memory.

8. What does Gandhi promise the governor after their meeting in Bombay?
(a) To keep the governor informed of any protest.
(b) That Gandhi will assist him with a cabinet appointment.
(c) That he will continue working toward Indian independence.
(d) To stay out of trouble.

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

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

11. What is Gandhi warned about before traveling to Amritsar?
(a) He does not have the necessary papers to travel there.
(b) The people will not follow his wishes.
(c) Of the potential for his arrest.
(d) His health to too fragile to travel there.

12. What does Mr. Polak give to Gandhi before he boards the train to return to Durban?
(a) Some food.
(b) Some money.
(c) A jacket.
(d) A book.

13. What is the purpose of the All-India Congress Committee in Calcutta in 1920?
(a) To organize themselves against the British Empire.
(b) To consider the non-cooperation policy against the British Empire.
(c) To develp a list of demands for the British Empire.
(d) To discuss Hindu involvement with the Khilafat Movement.

14. Who coins the name for the passive resistance movement?
(a) Kasturbai.
(b) Maganlal Gandhi.
(c) Mahatma Gandhi.
(d) Mr. Polak.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gokhale advise Gandhi to do after he returns to London from Paris?

2. What does Gandhi have Kasturbai omit from her diet?

3. Which is NOT one of the things Gandhi's group does when living at the rented house in Motihari?

4. What is one of Gandhi's dietary practices at Tolstoy Farm?

5. What has been Gandhi's ceaseless effort?

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