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

2. The author describes Gandhi as the most ________ man on earth.
(a) Interesting.
(b) Christ-like.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Loving.

3. Nehru offered Jinnah a role in the government. Did he accept it?
(a) Yes, but not at first.
(b) No, although he accepts it at first.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

4. Nehru later confessed that had he known the violence and death that would result leading to the War of Kashmir, he would have done what?
(a) Left India.
(b) Created a Pakistani state sooner.
(c) Held out for a unified India.
(d) Rejected the idea of a unified India.

5. The Indian Congress, although mostly pacifists, was willing to bring India fully into the war for what?
(a) To help those in need.
(b) The compensation of becoming a free country.
(c) Equality.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One of Gandhi's closest associates was Charles Freer Andrews. Who is Andrews?

3. In what did Jinnah's declaration result?

4. A week after Gandhi returned, what happened to him?

5. The author of the book, Louis Fischer, visits Gandhi where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What took place in August of 1946?

2. What positive action took place while Gandhi fasted?

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

4. Describe Gandhi's personal life.

5. What happened on August 15, 1947?

6. What did Gandhi think about Christianity and other religions?

7. How did Gandhi feel about the west?

8. What took place in March of 1946?

9. What took place in September of 1946?

10. Describe Gandhi's ashram.

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