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

2. Addressing the concept of ____________, Gandhi pleaded with the Indians that one cannot participate in such a system without becoming another of its victims and weakening the nation as a whole.
(a) Untouchability.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Race.
(d) Religion.

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

4. What is Sevagram?
(a) Gandhi's home town.
(b) Gandhi's Ashram.
(c) Gandhi's birth name.
(d) Gandhi's law practice.

5. 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.
(a) Love.
(b) His family.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Peaceful living.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Mahadev Desai read the words of the Bhagavad Gita describing the man who has let ________________ shape his being and shed all selfish desire to a gathering of followers, Easwaran was astonished to see the words become reality in the person of Mahatma Gandhi.

2. 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?

3. Gandhi resolved to make a project of what?

4. By what year were civil rights written into law?

5. Gandhi acted out of compassion for both the British and the Indians for what reason?

(see the answer key)

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