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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 4 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the eating of meat so shocking?
(a) It is taboo in the Hindu religion.
(b) Hindus do not like the taste of meat.
(c) Meat is not available in India.
(d) Mohandas is allergic to meat.

2. The incident on this train led to what?
(a) Gandhi's resolve to fight color prejudice.
(b) Gandhi's decision to return to India.
(c) Gandhi's venture into politics.
(d) Gandhi's resolve to become a lawyer.

3. Gandhi's philosophy was that for Indians to be treated fairly, they needed to do what?
(a) Become wealthy.
(b) Improve themselves and discard any bad habits.
(c) Attack government officials.
(d) Leave South Africa.

4. What did Gandhi lose when he spoke to this group?
(a) His train of thought.
(b) His shyness and inability to speak in public.
(c) His motivation.
(d) His purpose.

5. Persecution stemmed from what?
(a) Lack of understanding by the majority.
(b) Lack of self-worth by the persecuted.
(c) Lack of self-worth by the whites.
(d) Lack of education of the persecuted.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he died, was Gandhi a private citizen with noteworthy professional achievement?

2. Gandhi had made "humility and truth more powerful than ______________."

3. How did Gandhi feel about his young marriage?

4. Indians became the political football in the early 1900s when the Prime Minister promises to do what?

5. 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?

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