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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. What does Gandhi promise his mother before he departs for England?

2. What happens when Gandhi lends money to a woman to open a vegetarian restaurant?

3. What news does Gandhi receive after he returns to India?

4. Who does Gandhi encounter after he misses his train in Allahabad?

5. What does Gandhi read in England that later becomes daily reading for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What influence does Gandhi's high school friend have on him?

2. What advice does Gandhi give to the Indian community in Pretoria after he takes interest in their plight?

3. What is Gandhi's relationship like with Narayan Hemchandra?

4. What happens when the government tries to move the Indians out of their quarters in Johannesburg?

5. What does Gandhi do during his third stay in South Africa, even though it has a negative effect of Kasturbai?

6. What does Gandhi do after the Congress in Calcutta concludes?

7. What does Gandhi's friend, Mavji Dave, advise him to do?

8. What happens as a result of Gandhi missing the train in Allahabad?

9. What does Gandhi do with the gifts he is given before he returns to India the second time?

10. What is the next issue the Indian Congress decides to take on after the Franchise Bill?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Gandhi mean by ahimsa and satyagraha? What made satyagraha effective in overthrowing British oppression? Are there any weaknesses to the satygraha approach? Explain why, citing examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

How is passivity so effective in a society that is action-focused? Is passivity a form of action? Use examples in My Experiments with Truth to formulate your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast later civil-disobedience movements, such as the American Civil Rights Movement, with Gandhi's cause. What are the essential elements that made these movements successful?

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