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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 22 and 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gandhi once considered converting to Christianity but could not reconcile himself to what fact?
(a) Jesus was resurrected.
(b) The only path to God is through Jesus Christ.
(c) God had only one Son.
(d) Jesus was the Son of God.

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

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) The people felt Gandhi was encouraging more Indian immigration.
(b) They did not want to live in South Africa.
(c) They did not have the appropriate documentation.
(d) They were ill.

4. How did the country feel about Gandhi living and conditions being improved for the Harijans?
(a) Sad.
(b) Jubilant.
(c) Disappointed.
(d) Nervous.

5. Gandhi told the masses not to wear what?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Hats.
(c) Western clothing.
(d) Indian clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. A week after Gandhi returned, what happened to him?

2. The Indian Congress, although mostly pacifists, was willing to bring India fully into the war for what?

3. After weeks of meditation, Gandhi informed the British Viceroy that civil disobedience would take place on what day, since he feared the promises for India's change of status would never be fulfilled?

4. Gandhi was comfortable in London and wore what everywhere?

5. Gandhi eventually traveled there and found that the million peasant Indians there were suffering from what?

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