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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the time Nehru left the ashram, Fischer could detect that Nehru was being won over, later becoming a stronger advocate of____________ than Gandhi himself.
(a) Shortening the civil disobedience.
(b) The civil disobedience.
(c) Ending the civil disobedience.
(d) Lessening the civil disobedience.

2. What were holy men seen openly doing with Harijans?
(a) Talking.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Dining.
(d) Praying.

3. With what was Fischer amazed, regarding Gandhi?
(a) His frailty.
(b) His speech.
(c) His fitness.
(d) His intelligence.

4. Gandhi and his followers were still most concerned about what?
(a) Religious freedom.
(b) India's independence from England.
(c) Equality for all Indians.
(d) Bringing peace to India.

5. With whom did Gandhi live?
(a) His wife and sons.
(b) His wife.
(c) His wife and several dozen ashramites.
(d) His wife and a handful of ashramites.

6. He often walked through slum areas where the local kids called him what?
(a) Our savior.
(b) Father Gandhi.
(c) Uncle Gandhi.
(d) Daddy Gandhi.

7. Nehru told Fischer privately that he was hopeful that Gandhi could work out a settlement with whom?
(a) The British viceroy.
(b) His ashramites.
(c) The Indian Congress.
(d) The British Prime Minister.

8. Gandhi failed to win India's freedom while in London. How did the masses greet him when he returned?
(a) Like a lost relative.
(b) Like a stranger.
(c) Like a victor.
(d) Like a failure.

9. A compromise was proposed wherein the Harijans would be able to do what?
(a) Hold primaries to select Harijan candidates.
(b) Vote.
(c) Live in India.
(d) Buy property.

10. Why did Gandhi not eat until the next day?
(a) He was not happy with the agreement.
(b) When the plan was certified by the English.
(c) He was not hungry.
(d) He had changes made in the agreement.

11. Gandhi heard of violence in Noakhali in the province of Bengal and decided to do what?
(a) Protest the violence.
(b) Travel there to intercede.
(c) Pray for them.
(d) Send his sons to intercede.

12. Nehru offered Jinnah a role in the government. Did he accept it?
(a) No.
(b) No, although he accepts it at first.
(c) Yes.
(d) Yes, but not at first.

13. A week after Gandhi returned, what happened to him?
(a) He started a boycott.
(b) He began a fast.
(c) He was once again jailed.
(d) He became ill.

14. Gandhi once considered converting to Christianity but could not reconcile himself to what fact?
(a) Jesus was resurrected.
(b) Jesus was the Son of God.
(c) The only path to God is through Jesus Christ.
(d) God had only one Son.

15. Were the odds against Gandhi?
(a) Probably not.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Maybe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In August 1946, Nehru was authorized to do what?

2. On what day of the fast, was an agreement reached which Gandhi approved?

3. Why could Gandhi not reconcile himself to this fact?

4. Was Gandhi able to meet Churchill?

5. The next day, Hindu officials presented the plan to whom?

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