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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a British passenger discovered him there, what did he demand that Gandhi do?
(a) Go to the back of the car.
(b) Stand up.
(c) Get off the train.
(d) Move to third class.

2. His body was so light and strong that what happened?
(a) Gandhi lost many of his followers.
(b) Gandhi annoyed many who wanted to talk to him.
(c) Gandhi walked at a fast pace.
(d) Gandhi walked for great distances.

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

4. When one meditates, one drives what deep into the consciousness?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Desire.
(c) Fear.
(d) The highest ideals.

5. Easwaran opens his chapter describing the Way of Love by recounting what story?
(a) A transformative trip Gandhi took by train.
(b) A transformative vacation Gandhi took to England.
(c) A transformative trip Gandhi took by boat.
(d) A transformative vacation Gandhi took to India.

Short Answer Questions

1. What manifested itself in proud and oppressive rule over Katurbai until her tender and forgiving example made her one of his most effective teachers?

2. Indeed one of the things that was most remarkable to Easwaran, and to Louis Fischer, the American journalist who followed Gandhi's campaigns in India for many years, was how what?

3. Gandhi described the process as reducing oneself to zero, which is when?

4. The idea was detachment from the result of one's actions, so that one's focus is on what?

5. When the passenger summoned the police, what happened?

(see the answer key)

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