2. Gandhi determined that the whole British-Indian relationship could be transformed with such an approach of non-violence, or ____________.
(a) Ahimsa.
(b) Allahisma.
(c) Baptisma.
(d) Bahimsa.

3. Perhaps one of his most potent moments on the world stage came when what happened?
(a) His followers left him to be arrested for inciting sedition.
(b) He was taunted for inciting sedition.
(c) His followers were arrested for inciting sedition.
(d) He was finally arrested for inciting sedition.

4. Gandhi acted out of compassion for both the British and the Indians for what reason?
(a) To point out how valuable both systems were.
(b) He was both British and Indian.
(c) He loved both the British and Indian ideals.
(d) To point out the flaws in their system.

5. What did Gandhi call the new form of resistance?
(a) Satyagraha.
(b) Sit-down.
(c) Stand-up.
(d) Sahara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Britain had forbidden Indians to gather their own salt, requiring instead that they buy it at a premium from British sources. So, on Gandhi's signal, all of India would simply walk to the ocean and pick up the salt that laid there for the taking and buy and sell it locally from each other, as if the law had never been enacted. What was this called?

2. When one meditates, one drives what deep into the consciousness?

3. People came burdened and overwhelmed with their troubles, and left how?

4. In order to make his teaching more accessible, Gandhi established what?

5. The people who gravitated to Gandhi are testament to what?

(see the answer key)

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