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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gandhi the Man.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Patanjali?
(a) A leader in India.
(b) The ancient Indian teacher of meditation.
(c) Gandhi's closest friend.
(d) Gandhi's follower.

2. Gandhi coined the word ____________ to describe the Dalits (the oppressed), to call them the children of God, in order to remind the higher classes that their actions toward the oppressed was a part of their worship of God.
(a) Darijan.
(b) Harijan.
(c) Maharijan.
(d) Madarijan.

3. How did Gandhi feel about meditation?
(a) Tired and unsure.
(b) Confident and content.
(c) Energized and invigorated.
(d) Content.

4. When the passenger summoned the police, what happened?
(a) They physically moved him to third class.
(b) They left him alone in his seat.
(c) They arrested him.
(d) They left him sitting alone at Maritzburg Station.

5. He cared for the sick in the ashram, and filled every interaction with what?
(a) Food.
(b) Hope.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Laughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gandhi call the Yeravda Prison?

2. Part of what made Gandhi so very winsome was what?

3. When did Gandhi meditate?

4. Why did Gandhi experiment with variations on vegetarian dishes?

5. Indeed one of the things that was most remarkable to Easwaran, and to Louis Fischer, the American journalist who followed Gandhi's campaigns in India for many years, was how what?

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