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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There was an assassination of who in Bengal?
(a) A government official.
(b) A police official.
(c) An aid worker.
(d) An Indian official.

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

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

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

5. Gandhi eventually traveled there and found that the million peasant Indians there were suffering from what?
(a) Unfair treatment by the British.
(b) Depression.
(c) Malnutrition.
(d) Fear.

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

7. Gandhi bought a large farm in _____________, where learning to live the austere life of self-control occupied him.
(a) Natal Province.
(b) North Sumatra.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) Phoenix, Natal.

8. What did British officials order their soldiers to do at Amritsar?
(a) Fire on a massive crowd that had gathered.
(b) Surrender to the massive crowd.
(c) Capture the Indians.
(d) Force the Indians out of Amritsar.

9. The future of the 100,000 Indians in South Africa was in jeopardy. What does Gandhi decide to do?
(a) Fast.
(b) Go to India.
(c) Pray.
(d) Save them.

10. For how long did Gandhi tour the countryside to bolster his campaign?
(a) Six months.
(b) Four months.
(c) Five months.
(d) Seven months.

11. Gandhi and 75 male members of the ashram started their march south to where?
(a) The salt works.
(b) The desert.
(c) The sea.
(d) The city.

12. By the time they arrived at the sea on April 5th, they were how many strong?
(a) Several million.
(b) Several thousand.
(c) Several hundred.
(d) Several dozen.

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

14. Gandhi was offered a position as a lawyer in _________ which he accepted.
(a) South Africa.
(b) India.
(c) South America.
(d) Nepal.

15. To achieve success in South Africa, Gandhi's most effective tool was a unique creation of his own called what?
(a) Satyagraha.
(b) Swadeshi.
(c) Ahimsa.
(d) Duragraha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Rowlatt Acts of 1919 do?

2. Gandhi decided to live the simple life of what?

3. Did the government follow through with its agreement to make the registration voluntary?

4. While riding on a train from Maritzburg, what did an English man do?

5. Bramacharya included restraint in what?

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