View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In response to continued unrest and violence, Gandhi embarked on what?
(a) A month-long meditation.
(b) A pilgrimage to Mecca.
(c) A journey to Pakistan.
(d) A fast to death.

2. What did Gandhi think about Christ?
(a) He believed him to be the Messiah.
(b) He admired him.
(c) He believed him to be an imposter.
(d) He detested him.

3. Gandhi was saddened by the continuing violence spurred on by what?
(a) The creation of an Indian Congress.
(b) The creation of Pakistan.
(c) The creation of an Indian common wealth.
(d) The creation of a unified India.

4. Was Gandhi able to meet Churchill?
(a) No, Churchill was ill.
(b) No, Churchill refused to see him.
(c) No, Churchill was out of the country.
(d) Yes.

5. Word came that the neighboring province of Bihar had broken out into violence. Thousands of Moslems were massacred. Gandhi put the blame at the feet of whom?
(a) The Indian government.
(b) The Bihar Hindus.
(c) The Moslems.
(d) The British.

Short Answer Questions

1. The next day, Hindu officials presented the plan to whom?

2. Churchill would crush what in order to save England and keep it as it had always been?

3. Jinnah declared what on August 16th?

4. Was Gandhi's personal life as successful as his public life?

5. Why could Gandhi not reconcile himself to this fact?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why could Gandhi not convert to Christianity?

2. What took place in September of 1946?

3. Describe Gandhi's personal life.

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

5. Why was the twenty-second of every month important to Gandhi?

6. Why did Gandhi decide to go to Noakhali?

7. How was Gandhi affected when WWII broke out?

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

9. What happened when the agreement was signed?

10. What happened on August 15, 1947?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 850 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample