1. Gandhi found himself a solitary apartment and began by doing what?
(a) Hosting parties.
(b) Looking for a roommate.
(c) Modeling himself after a fellow student whose poverty dictated that he cook his own meals and walk instead of paying for transportation.
(d) Decorating it.

2. When a man does everything in worship, Easwaran explains, everywhere he goes is what?
(a) A temple.
(b) His world.
(c) His home.
(d) His family.

3. Applying the same self-discipline he learned in London, Gandhi applied his independent knowledge of bookkeeping to the accounts in question and became what?
(a) Not very well-informed on the case.
(b) Fairly well-informed on the case.
(c) The single most informed person on the case.
(d) Envied by others on the case.

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

5. The answer to number 84 creates the mask that people call their personalities and hides what?
(a) Their compassion for others.
(b) Their true personalities.
(c) Their faith in a higher being.
(d) Their fearlessness, unconditional love and abiding joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. From that moment, Easwaran's lifelong dedication to ______________ took on a new life as he strove to embody the principals of the Bhagavad Gita in the same way he had seen them made real in the person of Gandhi.

2. How many satyagrahis were jailed at this time?

3. Seeing that his client was clearly right, and a long court battle would benefit no one but the lawyers, what was Gandhi determined to do?

4. When Gandhi was asked to explain in three words the secret of his life, what did he say?

5. Gandhi determined that the whole British-Indian relationship could be transformed with such an approach of non-violence, or ____________.

(see the answer key)

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