View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the surface, how was Mohandas as a child?
(a) Rude and annoying.
(b) Rebellious and independent.
(c) Devious and sneaky.
(d) Shy and obedient.

2. Gandhi received the title of Mahatma from whom?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore.
(b) Kasturbai.
(c) His sons.
(d) The Prime Minister of England.

3. When it was time to decide upon a career, Gandhi decided to become what?
(a) An accountant.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A politician.
(d) A doctor.

4. Although later touting full independence, Gandhi went through a stage when he saw India on a par with what countries?
(a) The Virgin Islands and British Isles.
(b) The United States and Canada.
(c) South Africa and Pakistan.
(d) Canada and Australia.

5. While riding on a train from Maritzburg, what did an English man do?
(a) He had Gandhi arrested.
(b) He protested Gandhi's presence in first-class.
(c) He glared at Gandhi.
(d) He gaveup his seat for Gandhi.

6. The killer escaped and became what?
(a) A threat.
(b) A hero to the people.
(c) A public enemy.
(d) A fugitive.

7. India saw much unrest in what year?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1926.

8. Gandhi urged that Indian freedom was dependent upon what?
(a) The faith of the Indians.
(b) The education of the masses.
(c) The nation treating the British in a just manner.
(d) The unification of all religious groups.

9. Near the holy waters of Jumna, outside New Delhi, a million people wait in the oppressive heat for ___________ of the Mahatma, Mohandas K. Gandhi.
(a) The death.
(b) The birth.
(c) The arrival.
(d) The funeral procession.

10. The Indians had expected a charismatic return of a new leader based on what?
(a) His work in Africa.
(b) His work in India.
(c) His success.
(d) His behavior in London.

11. How many people were killed?
(a) 479.
(b) 79.
(c) 379.
(d) 179.

12. Persecution stemmed from what?
(a) Lack of self-worth by the whites.
(b) Lack of understanding by the majority.
(c) Lack of self-worth by the persecuted.
(d) Lack of education of the persecuted.

13. In his youth, Mohandas privately rejected what although he returned to it later in life?
(a) School.
(b) His family.
(c) Reading.
(d) His family's Hindu religion.

14. On the way, Gandhi told who to make homemade clothing, reject alcohol and drugs, abandon child marriage and live pure lives?
(a) His family members.
(b) All Hindus.
(c) Village people they pass.
(d) His followers.

15. Gandhi returned to India in 1915 to the shouts of Mahatmaji. What does the "ji" suffix indicate?
(a) Friend.
(b) Father.
(c) Respect and affection.
(d) Leader.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gandhi and 75 male members of the ashram started their march south to where?

2. Prior to this period, at the beginning of the 20th century, what had begun to emerge?

3. England was beginning to realize what?

4. What did Gandhi learn from the incident involving his brother, Laxmidas?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 534 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample