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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Gandhi was born in ____________ on October 2, 1869, a small seaside home on the Kathiawar Peninsula in western Indian.
(a) Behra.
(b) Bombay.
(c) Porbandar.
(d) New Delhi.

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

4. The person who gave him this name won the Nobel Prize in ___________ in 1913.
(a) Literature.
(b) Science.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Art.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happened January 30, 1948?
(a) Gandhi began a fast to the death.
(b) Gandhi was injured.
(c) Kasurbai died.
(d) Gandhi was assassinated.

11. 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) Prayed and meditated.
(d) Listened to others.

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

13. At thirty-seven years of age, Gandhi decided to give up what as a selfless act?
(a) Meat.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Sex.
(d) Sleep.

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

15. As a young boy, did Gandhi show proclivity towards school work?
(a) Some.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For Gandhi, what was Bramacharya?

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

4. What could not be ignored, regarding Indian soldiers?

5. What happened in 1906?

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