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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gandhi encouraged the Indians to do what around Transvaal, the city forbidden to unregistered Indians?
(a) Walk freely.
(b) Dance.
(c) Sneak.
(d) Hide.

2. Indians became the political football in the early 1900s when the Prime Minister promises to do what?
(a) Drive the "coolies" out of the country.
(b) Give them jobs.
(c) Give them equal rigths.
(d) Find them a place to live.

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

4. What did Gandhi learn from the incident involving his brother, Laxmidas?
(a) He never wanted to be part of the stressful and taxing government.
(b) He wanted to be a part of the exciting new government.
(c) He never wanted to be part of the pettiness and snobbery of the government.
(d) He did not want his brother to take part in the corrupt government.

5. Gandhi felt that becoming a better person led to what?
(a) A better life.
(b) A more religious life.
(c) A longer life.
(d) A safer life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bramacharya included restraint in what?

2. Although later touting full independence, Gandhi went through a stage when he saw India on a par with what countries?

3. Near the holy waters of Jumna, outside New Delhi, a million people wait in the oppressive heat for ___________ of the Mahatma, Mohandas K. Gandhi.

4. Clearing his mind and soul of personal needs and desires allowed him to do what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Gandhi as a child.

2. What is a Yogi?

3. Describe Gandhi's marriage. What was his opinion about this type of marriage?

4. Describe where Gandhi spent the next sixteen years of his life.

5. What took place on March 11, 1928?

6. Why did Gandhi try to unify the Hindus and Moslems? What were the end results of this attempt?

7. What happened when Gandhi and his followers walk freely around Transvaal?

8. What is satyagraha?

9. What happened when Gandhi went to Nepal?

10. What was Gandhi's philosophy?

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