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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Prayed and meditated.
(b) Listened to others.
(c) Sang.
(d) Spoke.

4. Gandhi expressed his rather unconventional thoughts on what in his first book, HIND SWARAJ OR INDIAN HOME RULE?
(a) Relationships.
(b) Religion.
(c) Running a country.
(d) Indian independence.

5. What happened in Amritsar?
(a) A minor incident.
(b) The most tragic incident.
(c) An unusual incident.
(d) A strange incident.

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

7. Gandhi's theory that Indians would gain equality by their own inner discipline and dignity received strength from the adoption in December 1916 of what?
(a) Tripartite Pact.
(b) Anti-Comintern Pact.
(c) The Lucknow Pact.
(d) The Kashmir Pact.

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

9. Gandhi encouraged the Indians to observe what?
(a) Lent.
(b) A hartal.
(c) Prayer time.
(d) A moment of silence.

10. Gandhi secretly ate meat for what reason?
(a) To gain size.
(b) To fit in.
(c) He likes the taste of it.
(d) He is rebellious.

11. What is the ashram?
(a) A religious retreat for a monk.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A cult.
(d) An Indian commune.

12. Those who adore Gandhi feel that his death leaves ___________ of mankind without a spokesman.
(a) The poor.
(b) The majority.
(c) The minorities.
(d) The conscience.

13. It took them 24 days to walk how many miles?
(a) 142.
(b) 241.
(c) 124
(d) 412.

14. What did Gandhi tell his people to do when the government announced that all Indians must register?
(a) To riot.
(b) To register.
(c) To flee the country.
(d) To resist and pledge defiance.

15. How was Gandhi as a lawyer in Rajkot and Bombay?
(a) He did not practice law.
(b) He was not very good.
(c) He never worked in Raikot or Bombay.
(d) He was very good.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a young boy, did Gandhi show proclivity towards school work?

2. The person who gave him this name won the Nobel Prize in ___________ in 1913.

3. England was beginning to realize what?

4. To achieve success in South Africa, Gandhi's most effective tool was a unique creation of his own called what?

5. After reading ______________, Gandhi's life was forever changed.

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