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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gandhi the Man.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Even ______________ was Gandhi embodying the spirit of compassion and forgiveness for which he had come to be known.
(a) When he was alone.
(b) When others threatened him.
(c) On the last day of Gandhi's life.
(d) When he was a small child.

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

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

4. The remarkable thing about humanity, he says, is not its ability to shape our world, but ______________________.
(a) Its ability to be shaped by others.
(b) Out world's ability to shape humanity.
(c) God's ability to shape humanity.
(d) The capacity in each individual to reshape himself according to the highest ideals.

5. What did Gandhi call the secret to the art of living?
(a) The middle verses of the Third Chapter of the Gita.
(b) The last ten verses of the the Second Chapter of the Gita.
(c) The last eighteen verses of the Second Chapter of the Gita.
(d) The first verse of the First Chapter of the Gita.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he was speaking against the violence between the Hindu and Muslims living in India, a young man came out of the crowd and greeted him with his hands at his heart before he did what?

2. Gandhi coined the word ____________ to describe the Dalits (the oppressed), to call them the children of God, in order to remind the higher classes that their actions toward the oppressed was a part of their worship of God.

3. Nagler cites all of the fields in which Gandhi inspired revolution, including economics, politics, philosophy and the science and art of _________.

4. Gandhi determined that the whole British-Indian relationship could be transformed with such an approach of non-violence, or ____________.

5. Where did Gandhi first attempt to practice law?

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