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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 33 and 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gandhi addressed the situation in New Delhi. What was this situation?
(a) Peaceful protests continued for several weeks.
(b) Elections were not going smoothly.
(c) Violence and murder and disease were raging.
(d) An epidemic had begun.

2. Since Gandhi was a man of action and was not afraid of dying, he contemplated doing what regarding the issue of India's untouchables, the lowest caste of Indians?
(a) Becoming a suicide bomber.
(b) Committing suicide.
(c) Fasting to death.
(d) Running for office.

3. For how long did Gandhi stay in London?
(a) Through the end of the year.
(b) One month.
(c) Six months.
(d) Five years.

4. The British officials recommended __________, and the establishment of a central government along with provincial governments that would have sweeping authority.
(a) India be a common wealth.
(b) A united India.
(c) A divided Indian and Pakistani state.
(d) India stay a colony.

5. What did Gandhi do when a bomb was thrown near him during a prayer session?
(a) He ended the prayer session.
(b) He became angry with the young man who threw the bomb.
(c) He forgave the young man who threw the bomb.
(d) He hid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the country feel about Gandhi living and conditions being improved for the Harijans?

2. The author of the book, Louis Fischer, visits Gandhi where?

3. Although later touting full independence, Gandhi went through a stage when he saw India on a par with what countries?

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

5. By the time Nehru left the ashram, Fischer could detect that Nehru was being won over, later becoming a stronger advocate of____________ than Gandhi himself.

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