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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Way of Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How successful was Gandhi in Bombay?
(a) He did not practice law in Bombay.
(b) Not very successful.
(c) Very successful.
(d) Somewhat successful.

2. Having made a dismal performance in high school, what did Gandhi need?
(a) A new direction.
(b) A second chance at high school.
(c) New guidance.
(d) A job.

3. When his rebellion brought Gandhi into the presence of the leader of the Transvaal government himself, what did Gandhi do?
(a) He stayed silent.
(b) He mocked the leader.
(c) He lied to the leader.
(d) He told him clearly what he was doing and why.

4. 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) Selflessness and grace.
(b) Family.
(c) God.
(d) Peace and hope.

5. Perhaps one of his most potent moments on the world stage came when what happened?
(a) His followers were arrested for inciting sedition.
(b) He was taunted for inciting sedition.
(c) His followers left him to be arrested for inciting sedition.
(d) He was finally arrested for inciting sedition.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first chapter, Easwaran describes the contrast between Gandhi as a youth to what?

2. The police reaction to the Indian response was what?

3. How many years from that day did Gandhi's determination blossom into inspiration to organize his first mass non-violent resistance?

4. Gandhi found himself a solitary apartment and began by doing 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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