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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapter 27, 28 and 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For Gandhi, what was Bramacharya?
(a) The giving up of shelter.
(b) Celibacy.
(c) Vegetarianism.
(d) The giving up of marriage.

2. In ________ of 1946, an envoy of British officials came to India to settle the terms of its independence.
(a) April.
(b) February.
(c) January.
(d) March.

3. Gandhi was born in ____________ on October 2, 1869, a small seaside home on the Kathiawar Peninsula in western Indian.
(a) New Delhi.
(b) Behra.
(c) Porbandar.
(d) Bombay.

4. A short time after the incident on the train, Gandhi gave his first major speech at a meeting of the Indians of Pretoria. What was the subject of the meeting?
(a) Finding affordable housing.
(b) Education.
(c) Discrimination against the Indians and other colored people by the white people.
(d) Immigration to South Africa.

5. Was Gandhi able to meet Churchill?
(a) Yes.
(b) No, Churchill was ill.
(c) No, Churchill refused to see him.
(d) No, Churchill was out of the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Gandhi's closest associates was Charles Freer Andrews. Who is Andrews?

2. Through the years, Gandhi had grown increasingly critical of what?

3. Like his mother, Gandhi took to what frequently?

4. The leaders of the untouchables or Harijans immediately met with whom?

5. What happened in Amritsar?

(see the answer key)

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