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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. 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) Fasting to death.
(b) Becoming a suicide bomber.
(c) Committing suicide.
(d) Running for office.

2. What did Gandhi decide to do again?
(a) Meditate.
(b) Make a pilgrimage to Mecca.
(c) Travel to Pakistan.
(d) Fast to death.

3. 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) Considered.
(c) Considered and then rejected.
(d) Denied.

4. What was Gandhi's passion?
(a) To help the poor of India.
(b) To make his family proud of him.
(c) To live a fulfilling life.
(d) To create a better place for his family.

5. Through the years, Gandhi had grown increasingly critical of what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Hinuism.
(c) The East.
(d) The West.

Short Answer Questions

1. Was Gandhi able to meet Churchill?

2. Gandhi addressed the situation in New Delhi. What was this situation?

3. Gandhi was very distressed but torn as he was pro-England and pro-American and ______________.

4. What did temples do for the untouchables?

5. Prime Minister Churchill was a purist and would not allow India to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when the agreement was signed?

2. What happened on August 15, 1947?

3. What took place in September of 1946?

4. What did the author, Louis Fischer, learn about Gandhi during their time together?

5. What happened that led to violence and arrests on August 9th?

6. Describe Gandhi's personal life.

7. How was Gandhi affected when WWII broke out?

8. Describe Gandhi's ashram.

9. How did Gandhi act when he was once again put into jail?

10. What took place in March of 1946?

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