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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Evenings for Gandhi were made up of what kind of meals?
(a) Boisterous.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Communal.
(d) Long.

2. The idea was detachment from the result of one's actions, so that one's focus is on what?
(a) The spirit of his actions.
(b) One's needs.
(c) Others.
(d) God.

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

4. What does Patanjali say?
(a) In a person who loves unconditionally, there is no conflict.
(b) In a person who has defeated all fear, there is now nothing of which otehr people can ever be afraid.
(c) Gandhi is an instrument of the gods.
(d) Gandhi has changed greatly since his youth.

5. Why did Gandhi experiment with variations on vegetarian dishes?
(a) To make them for filling.
(b) To make them readily available to others.
(c) To make them nutritious in spite of taste.
(d) To make them appealing to all.

Short Answer Questions

1. The police reaction to the Indian response was 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. He cared for the sick in the ashram, and filled every interaction with what?

4. The final chapter Eknath Easwaran writes is focused on the daily habits and the things that defined the personality of Gandhi as what?

5. Weeks of more protest followed, as did hundreds more arrests, culminating at last with what?

(see the answer key)

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