1. In the first chapter, Easwaran describes the contrast between Gandhi as a youth to what?
(a) Gandhi as the world-changing figure he was to become.
(b) Other students Gandhi's age.
(c) Gandhi's parents.
(d) Gandhi's wife.

2. How does Gandhi plan on taking the lessons from the failures of his past?
(a) To stay away from anything that could cause failure.
(b) To think of his family first.
(c) To not run from failure again.
(d) Be proud of his accomplishments and to forget his failures.

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) The perspective of other Indian cultural groups.
(c) A traditionally Indian background.
(d) Any Westernized lens.

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) Love.
(d) Peaceful living.

5. Through a connection of his brother's, Gandhi was given a ____________ contract with a Muslim firm in South Africa to work what he thought would be a clerical position well below the dignity of his education.
(a) Two-year long.
(b) Five-year long.
(c) Ten-year long.
(d) Year-long.

Short Answer Questions

1. Applying the same self-discipline he learned in London, Gandhi applied his independent knowledge of bookkeeping to the accounts in question and became what?

2. Michael N. Nagler of the University of California, Berkley provides the forward for the book, and opens by asking the reader what?

3. His discovery inspired him to finding more and more means to do what?

4. 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?

5. To whom was Gandhi deeply devoted?

(see the answer key)

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