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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. Why does Gandhi offer the services of the Indian Ambulance Corps the second time?

2. What happens while Gandhi is opposing the tinkathia system?

3. Why does Gandhi's group loose their funding?

4. What is the name Gandhi's group coins for their passive resistance movement?

5. What is the Khadi Movement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Gandhi take with children at the Tolstoy Farm?

2. What does Gandhi do in an attempt to recover from pleurisy?

3. What does Gandhi's group do while living in the rented house in Motihari?

4. While in prison in 1908 what other dietary practices does Gandhi adopt?

5. How does Gandhi resolve the dilemma with the Servants of India Society?

6. What happens when Gandhi travels to Amristar?

7. What does Gandhi do at Ahmedabad?

8. What is one of Gandhi's ceaseless efforts?

9. What happens as a result of the black plague outbreak in the Indian district in Johannesburg?

10. What cause does Gandhi undertake after he returns to India following a ten-year absence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the relation between Gandhi's practices and political philosophy? Can the two concepts stand separately in Gandhi's mind? Why or why not? Cite specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Gandhi made a tremendous personal transformation throughout the book. Please describe that transformation, and explain what the key influences or pivotal events were which impacted Gandhi during that transformation? Cite examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Gandhi once said, "men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint." Do you see Gandhi exemplifying this quote in My Experiments with Truth? Why or why not? Cite examples from the book.

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