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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 7 through 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When he died, was Gandhi a private citizen with noteworthy professional achievement?
(a) Yes, some.
(b) Yes, a great deal.
(c) Yes, only later in his career.
(d) No.

3. Gandhi returned to India to bring his wife and two sons back with him to South Africa. When their steamer and another from India arrived in South Africa, both filled with new Indian immigrants, they were at first not allowed to disembark. Why?
(a) They were ill.
(b) They did not have the appropriate documentation.
(c) They did not want to live in South Africa.
(d) The people felt Gandhi was encouraging more Indian immigration.

4. To achieve success in South Africa, Gandhi's most effective tool was a unique creation of his own called what?
(a) Ahimsa.
(b) Satyagraha.
(c) Duragraha.
(d) Swadeshi.

5. Gandhi knew that prejudice could not be eradicated by what?
(a) Him.
(b) Legislation.
(c) The whites.
(d) Average citizens.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gandhi returned to India, what did he learn?

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

3. Bramacharya included restraint in what?

4. In 1909, Gandhi got word to England about the treatment of the Indians in South Africa. He won the support of many of the ___________ of the country.

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

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