Gandhi Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Louis Fischer
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 119 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Gandhi Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happened when Gandhi tried to register?
(a) He was mocked and teased.
(b) He was not allowed to register.
(c) He was attacked and injured.
(d) He was sent home.

4. Gandhi's austere Satyagraha Ashram was located at Sabarmati where Gandhi lived in a cell-like room free of possessions where he did what?
(a) Sang.
(b) Spoke.
(c) Listened to others.
(d) Prayed and meditated.

5. Why was it important that Gandhi was considered "colored?"
(a) He was not allowed to ride on trains.
(b) He should not have been allowed to ride in first class.
(c) He was in the minority.
(d) He was not of African descent.

6. 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.
(a) Liberals.
(b) Conservatives.
(c) Whigs.
(d) Members of Parliament.

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

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

9. What did Gandhi lose when he spoke to this group?
(a) His shyness and inability to speak in public.
(b) His motivation.
(c) His train of thought.
(d) His purpose.

10. What could not be ignored, regarding Indian soldiers?
(a) The strength of the many Indians who fought for the British in WWI.
(b) The bravery of the many Indians who fought for the British in WWI.
(c) The many Indians who were treated unfairly during WWI.
(d) The many Indians who died during WWI.

11. Jawaharlal Nehru was emerging as a leader of who and was not in agreement with Gandhi on non-violent rebellion?
(a) The Moslems.
(b) The young.
(c) The old.
(d) The Hindus.

12. Winston Churchill was reviled by the appearance of equality between who and what he termed the half-naked, seditious fakir from India?
(a) The British people.
(b) The Indian people.
(c) The Hindus.
(d) The Prime Minister.

13. 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) South Africa and Pakistan.
(c) Canada and Australia.
(d) The United States and Canada.

14. Did the government follow through with its agreement to make the registration voluntary?
(a) Somewhat.
(b) At first.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

15. By 1920, most British officials looked at Indians as what?
(a) Strange.
(b) Dumb.
(c) Powerful.
(d) An inferior people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Rowlatt Acts of 1919 do?

2. Gandhi bought a large farm in _____________, where learning to live the austere life of self-control occupied him.

3. Through parental arrangement, Mohandas married his life-long wife Kasturbai. How old were they when they married?

4. Gandhi spent the next _______ years in an ashram.

5. What is the ashram?

(see the answer keys)

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