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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Forward/The Transformation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Gandhi first attempt to practice law?
(a) Bombay.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rajkot.

2. To direct the reader to the means to learning the answer, Nagler points to whom as the perfect man to tell Gandhi's life story?
(a) Eknath Easwaran.
(b) Gandhi's father.
(c) Gandhi's mother.
(d) Kasterbai.

3. Nagler cites all of the fields in which Gandhi inspired revolution, including economics, politics, philosophy and the science and art of _________.
(a) Living quietly.
(b) Living frugally.
(c) Living healthfully.
(d) Living a life of solitude.

4. 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) Year-long.
(b) Two-year long.
(c) Five-year long.
(d) Ten-year long.

5. 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 Middle Eastern viewpoint.
(c) A traditionally Indian background.
(d) The perspective of other Indian cultural groups.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The position was as Dada Abdulla's lawyer and a role as what?

3. Describe Gandhi's early time in England.

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

5. Gandhi's marriage to Kasturbai was arranged by whom?

(see the answer key)

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