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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 decided to live the simple life of what?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A monk.

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

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?
(a) Finding affordable housing.
(b) Immigration to South Africa.
(c) Education.
(d) Discrimination against the Indians and other colored people by the white people.

4. Clearing his mind and soul of personal needs and desires allowed him to do what?
(a) Work for the common welfare.
(b) Be a better father.
(c) Stay peaceful.
(d) Be careless.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At thirty-seven years of age, Gandhi decided to give up what as a selfless act?

2. Gandhi was born in ____________ on October 2, 1869, a small seaside home on the Kathiawar Peninsula in western Indian.

3. The future of the 100,000 Indians in South Africa was in jeopardy. What does Gandhi decide to do?

4. As a child, what did Gandhi hide from his elders as much as possible?

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

(see the answer key)

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