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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 called for what non-violent non-cooperation?
(a) The boycotting of everything British.
(b) The boycotting of all British stores.
(c) The boycotting of public transportation.
(d) The boycotting of meat.

2. Gandhi eventually traveled there and found that the million peasant Indians there were suffering from what?
(a) Malnutrition.
(b) Unfair treatment by the British.
(c) Fear.
(d) Depression.

3. Gandhi urged that Indian freedom was dependent upon what?
(a) The education of the masses.
(b) The faith of the Indians.
(c) The nation treating the British in a just manner.
(d) The unification of all religious groups.

4. What happened when Gandhi tried to register?
(a) He was not allowed to register.
(b) He was sent home.
(c) He was mocked and teased.
(d) He was attacked and injured.

5. Gandhi returned to India to bring his wife and two sons back with him to South Africa. When their steamer and another from India arrived in South Africa, both filled with new Indian immigrants, they were at first not allowed to disembark. Why?
(a) The people felt Gandhi was encouraging more Indian immigration.
(b) They did not have the appropriate documentation.
(c) They were ill.
(d) They did not want to live in South Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Gandhi's family not tell him of this tragic news?

2. When it was time to decide upon a career, Gandhi decided to become what?

3. Jawaharlal Nehru was emerging as a leader of who and was not in agreement with Gandhi on non-violent rebellion?

4. Bramacharya included restraint in what?

5. England was beginning to realize what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a Yogi?

2. What did Gandhi learn upon returning to India?

3. For what operation did Gandhi then call? What were the consequences of this?

4. Describe Gandhi. Why did major leaders come to pay homage to him?

5. Why did Gandhi end his campaign against the Rowlatt Act?

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

7. What is satyagraha?

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

9. Describe politics involving Indians in the early 1900s. How did this affect Gandhi?

10. What was Gandhi's philosophy?

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