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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Forward/The Transformation.
Multiple Choice 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.
(a) Family.
(b) Peace and hope.
(c) Selflessness and grace.
(d) God.
2. 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) Any Westernized lens.
(b) A traditionally Indian background.
(c) A Middle Eastern viewpoint.
(d) The perspective of other Indian cultural groups.
3. What did Gandhi's uncle suggest he do?
(a) Go to England to study law.
(b) Go to England to find work.
(c) Go to England to study medicine.
(d) Go to England to study religion.
4. 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) Meditation.
(b) His family.
(c) Peaceful living.
(d) Love.
5. What is Sevagram?
(a) Gandhi's home town.
(b) Gandhi's law practice.
(c) Gandhi's Ashram.
(d) Gandhi's birth name.
Short Answer Questions
1. How successful was Gandhi in Bombay?
2. Describe Gandhi's early time in England.
3. Nagler refers to the Berkley documentary called Gandhi's India in which one of the women interviewed praised Gandhi's view as one from which there are no limits to ______________, and Nagler praises the clarity with which Gandhi's life demonstrated the point.
4. In the first chapter, Easwaran describes the contrast between Gandhi as a youth to what?
5. Following a period of complete submission to all of the nuances of English dress and society, Gandhi concluded that the practice was doing what to him?
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