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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were Gandhi and Kasturbai married?
(a) When Gandhi was twenty years old.
(b) When Gandhi was thirteen years old.
(c) When Gandhi was twenty-two years old.
(d) When Gandhi was eighteen years old.

2. Sri Krishna calls it the ______________ that inspires selfish possession, and says they are free who have escaped it, united with the Lord of Love and assured immortality.
(a) Ego-cage.
(b) Devil.
(c) Sin of man.
(d) Selfish ego.

3. The author comes from Gandhi's home and ethos, and sees the world from a perspective very like Gandhi's instead of through what?
(a) A Middle Eastern viewpoint.
(b) A traditionally Indian background.
(c) The perspective of other Indian cultural groups.
(d) Any Westernized lens.

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

5. On what does one who loves the Lord of Love focus?
(a) Living in the spirit of love.
(b) How to love oneself.
(c) Giving love to others.
(d) Where to find love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Gandhi used what Rambha taught him his whole life, repeating it rhythmically when?

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

4. The remarkable thing about humanity, he says, is not its ability to shape our world, but ______________________.

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

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