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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mother and Child.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gandhi called the Bhagavad Gita what?
(a) His family.
(b) His mother.
(c) His God.
(d) His father.

2. Easwaran opens the chapter entitled Mother and Child by asking the question of how such a personal evolution could have come about, and how the evolution of a single person could effect what?
(a) Such sweeping political and interpersonal change.
(b) Such sweeping political change.
(c) Such sweeping interpersonal change.
(d) Such a minor political and interpersonal change.

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

4. Gandhi's marriage to Kasturbai was arranged by whom?
(a) Himself and Kasturbai.
(b) God.
(c) The religious leaders.
(d) His parents.

5. Gandhi used what Rambha taught him his whole life, repeating it rhythmically when?
(a) He first wakes in the morning.
(b) Before he falls asleep at night.
(c) As he breathed and walked.
(d) Speaking to others.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a British passenger discovered him there, what did he demand that Gandhi do?

2. When his rebellion brought Gandhi into the presence of the leader of the Transvaal government himself, what did Gandhi do?

3. Was Gandhi burdened by worry about what was to come?

4. What does the author say about Gandhi as a boy?

5. Leaving Kasturbai again, this time with two sons, Gandhi left for South Africa in the hopes of what?

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