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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gandhi's autobiography end in 1921?
(a) Gandhi thought his life and his works were public from that time on.
(b) Gandhi is too busy to write.
(c) Gandhi has other people writing about his life.
(d) Gandhi is assassinated.

2. What is Gandhi advised to do to help recover from pleurisy?
(a) To drink milk.
(b) To exercise.
(c) To return to India.
(d) To take vitamins.

3. Who does Gandhi send to Durban to take over the newspaper?
(a) Mr. West.
(b) Mr. Polak.
(c) Mr. Coates.
(d) Mr. Banker.

4. What committee is formed at the Congress at Amritsar?
(a) A committee to formulate a constitution.
(b) A committee to advocate for tenants' rights.
(c) A committee to advocate for rights for the untouchables.
(d) A committee to select Indian leadership.

5. What cause does Gandhi take on in India after his ten-year absence?
(a) The poll tax.
(b) Indian independence.
(c) Rationing rice.
(d) The Viramgam customs.

6. 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 is rehabilitated.
(c) It becomes an independent district.
(d) It is emptied out and burned.

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

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

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

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

11. 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 oppose and boycott the war.
(c) To engage in civil disobedience and go to jail.
(d) To volunteer as ambulance attendants for the British.

12. What happens to the Indian community in Great Britain after Gandhi leaves?
(a) They begin fasting.
(b) The community solidifies.
(c) There is a split in the Indian corps over who they receive orders from.
(d) They present their own list of demands to the British government.

13. What basis does Gandhi give for his refusal to follow doctor's orders?
(a) For health reasons.
(b) For political reasons.
(c) Because people are not doing what he wants them to do.
(d) For religious reasons.

14. What plans does Gandhi have for the group from South Africa when they arrive in India?
(a) To begin Satyagraha.
(b) To recruit people to their cause.
(c) To live on a settlement like the Phoenix Settlement.
(d) To sightsee.

15. What is different about the Kheda Satyagraha struggle than the other causes?
(a) The government is not involved.
(b) It is covered by the press.
(c) Gandhi fasts.
(d) It is the most successful campaign.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gandhi have to return to India?

2. What agreement does Gandhi refuse to make with the Inspector of Police from Lahore?

3. Who is learning the printing business on the Phoenix settlement?

4. Why is Gandhi unable to travel to Punjab?

5. What is the Khilafat question discussed at the conference in Delhi?

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