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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. Indians became the political football in the early 1900s when the Prime Minister promises to do what?
(a) Find them a place to live.
(b) Give them jobs.
(c) Give them equal rigths.
(d) Drive the "coolies" out of the country.

2. Gandhi had made "humility and truth more powerful than ______________."
(a) God.
(b) Mankind.
(c) Empires.
(d) Love.

3. What happened January 30, 1948?
(a) Gandhi was assassinated.
(b) Gandhi began a fast to the death.
(c) Kasurbai died.
(d) Gandhi was injured.

4. What did Gandhi learn from the incident involving his brother, Laxmidas?
(a) He never wanted to be part of the pettiness and snobbery of the government.
(b) He wanted to be a part of the exciting new government.
(c) He never wanted to be part of the stressful and taxing government.
(d) He did not want his brother to take part in the corrupt government.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During his time abroad, Gandhi's thirst for what grew?

2. Gandhi felt that becoming a better person led to what?

3. 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?

4. Gandhi knew that prejudice could not be eradicated by what?

5. Those who adore Gandhi feel that his death leaves ___________ of mankind without a spokesman.

(see the answer key)

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