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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gandhi's austere Satyagraha Ashram was located at Sabarmati where Gandhi lived in a cell-like room free of possessions where he did what?

2. Gandhi received the title of Mahatma from whom?

3. Winston Churchill was reviled by the appearance of equality between who and what he termed the half-naked, seditious fakir from India?

4. How did Gandhi feel about his young marriage?

5. In what did the boycott result?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did "Unto This Last" change Gandhi's life forever?

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

3. How was Gandhi's theory regarding the gaining of equality for Indians strengthened?

4. What is satyagraha?

5. What happened initially when Gandhi got word to England about the treatment of Indians in South Africa?

6. Describe Gandhi as a child.

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

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

9. How did Gandhi get the title of Mahatma?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gandhi's ashram is called the White House of India.

Part 1) What is an ashram? Describe Gandhi's ashram. Why is it called the White House of India?

Part 2) How do these two places compare? Can his ashram truly be called the White House of India? Why or why not?

Part 3) What does this name imply about the Indian people's feelings towards Gandhi, his followers, and the U.S.?

Essay Topic 2

Gandhi wins the support of the liberals.

Part 1) How does he go about doing this? How is this beneficial?

Part 2) Why is he able to win support form the liberals but not others?

Part 3) What issues in the United States might you compare this to? Explain the outcomes of these issues and how they compare to the issues with which Gandhi deals.

Essay Topic 3

Gandhi promotes boycotting.

Part 1) Describe these boycotts. How successful are they? Why?

Part 2) What other forms of non-violent protest does he encourage? How does this slowly change the face of India? Would any other approaches have been more effective? Why or why not?

Part 3) How have non-violent protests changed the U.S.? How different would the U.S. be if non-violent protests had not occurred?

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