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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Gandhi was comfortable in London and wore what everywhere?
(a) A suit.
(b) A robe.
(c) His loincloth.
(d) A scarf.
2. Gandhi heard of violence in Noakhali in the province of Bengal and decided to do what?
(a) Pray for them.
(b) Travel there to intercede.
(c) Protest the violence.
(d) Send his sons to intercede.
3. What was Gandhi's passion?
(a) To make his family proud of him.
(b) To create a better place for his family.
(c) To help the poor of India.
(d) To live a fulfilling life.
4. Nehru told Fischer privately that he was hopeful that Gandhi could work out a settlement with whom?
(a) The Indian Congress.
(b) The British viceroy.
(c) The British Prime Minister.
(d) His ashramites.
5. In ________ of 1946, an envoy of British officials came to India to settle the terms of its independence.
(a) April.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) February.
6. Gandhi once considered converting to Christianity but could not reconcile himself to what fact?
(a) Jesus was the Son of God.
(b) God had only one Son.
(c) The only path to God is through Jesus Christ.
(d) Jesus was resurrected.
7. When violence broke out, who did the Viceroy blame?
(a) The Moslems.
(b) Gandhi.
(c) The Hindus.
(d) The Indians.
8. The Indian Congress met on August 8th where Gandhi's proposal of another civil disobedience in the cause for India's freedom was ______________.
(a) Approved.
(b) Denied.
(c) Considered.
(d) Considered and then rejected.
9. In what did Jinnah's declaration result?
(a) A four-day riot in Calcutta.
(b) A four-day celebration of Hinduism in Calcutta.
(c) Four days of peace in Calcutta.
(d) A four-day protest in Calcutta.
10. Through the years, Gandhi had grown increasingly critical of what?
(a) The West.
(b) The East.
(c) Religion.
(d) Hinuism.
11. Since Gandhi was a man of action and was not afraid of dying, he contemplated doing what regarding the issue of India's untouchables, the lowest caste of Indians?
(a) Committing suicide.
(b) Becoming a suicide bomber.
(c) Running for office.
(d) Fasting to death.
12. On what day of the fast, was an agreement reached which Gandhi approved?
(a) The third.
(b) The second.
(c) The fifth.
(d) The fourth.
13. What did Gandhi decide to do again?
(a) Meditate.
(b) Fast to death.
(c) Travel to Pakistan.
(d) Make a pilgrimage to Mecca.
14. He worked effortlessly to quell the violence and promote peace and love to whom?
(a) The warring British and Indians.
(b) The warring Hindus and Moslems alike.
(c) The warring Indian economic groups.
(d) The warring Moslem sects.
15. Gandhi remained __________ the creation of Pakistan.
(a) Steadfast for.
(b) Torn by.
(c) Unsure about.
(d) Steadfast against.
Short Answer Questions
1. The Indian Congress, although mostly pacifists, was willing to bring India fully into the war for what?
2. When did India wins its independence?
3. Was Gandhi's personal life as successful as his public life?
4. Prime Minister Churchill was a purist and would not allow India to do what?
5. When WWII broke out, what did England quickly do?
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