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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. What is the ashram?
(a) A religious retreat for a monk.
(b) A cult.
(c) A hotel.
(d) An Indian commune.

2. From these meager surroundings, Gandhi restored India's confidence through what?
(a) Those he sends out into the world.
(b) Prayer and meditation.
(c) His magical personality and consistent relation to the truth.
(d) Political speeches.

3. Like his mother, Gandhi took to what frequently?
(a) Singing.
(b) Fasting.
(c) Meditating.
(d) Praying.

4. How did Gandhi feel about his young marriage?
(a) He found it strange.
(b) He considered it to be wrong.
(c) He found it embarrassing.
(d) He considered it to be exciting.

5. Why did Gandhi's family not tell him of this tragic news?
(a) They did not know details of the event.
(b) They forgot to tell him.
(c) They knew he would be very upset.
(d) They were afraid to tell him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did British officials order their soldiers to do at Amritsar?

2. Gandhi encouraged the Indians to do what around Transvaal, the city forbidden to unregistered Indians?

3. In January 1924, the Mahatma was rushed from prison to the hospital. Why?

4. To achieve success in South Africa, Gandhi's most effective tool was a unique creation of his own called what?

5. For how long did Gandhi tour the countryside to bolster his campaign?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What took place on March 11, 1928?

3. What was Gandhi's philosophy?

4. Describe Gandhi's first major speech.

5. What did Winston Churchill think of Gandhi? Why?

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

7. What happened when Gandhi was again arrested and jailed in May?

8. Why were a million people gathered on January 31, 1948?

9. How did Gandhi end up in South Africa? What was the second incident that changed Gandhi's life?

10. Give two examples of unrest in India in 1928.

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