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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to bring about change in India in particular, the first such system he wanted to address was what?
(a) The one sanctioning the oppression of anyone not of Indian descent.
(b) The one sanctioning the oppression of those Indians who were not Hindu.
(c) The one sanctioning the oppression of India's poorest classes.
(d) The one sanctioning the oppression of India's wealthy.

2. Seeing that his client was clearly right, and a long court battle would benefit no one but the lawyers, what was Gandhi determined to do?
(a) Draw out the court case, so the lawyers could earn a great deal of money.
(b) Find a solution that would serve both parties and close the case quickly.
(c) Quit the case.
(d) Find a way that all could benefit.

3. How many years from that day did Gandhi's determination blossom into inspiration to organize his first mass non-violent resistance?
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Ten.
(d) Thirteen.

4. To whom was Gandhi deeply devoted?
(a) His culture.
(b) His friends.
(c) His family.
(d) His education.

5. Finding himself happier and healthier for the change, Gandhi shifted his attention to what?
(a) Studying religion.
(b) His diet.
(c) Looking for a new wife.
(d) Understanding British culture.

6. Michael N. Nagler of the University of California, Berkley provides the forward for the book, and opens by asking the reader what?
(a) To consider whether Gandhi was a great man.
(b) To consider whether Gandhi is a good example to follow.
(c) To consider whether Gandhi helped others.
(d) To consider whether Gandhi might be the most significant historical figure of the 20th century.

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

8. Gandhi sulked in his homesickness until when?
(a) A British student told him to go back home.
(b) A British student pointed out that the thing to be learne in England was English custom.
(c) A fellow Indian pointed out that the best things to be learned in England were English customs.
(d) A fellow Indian told him to go back home.

9. What did Gandhi call the new form of resistance?
(a) Sit-down.
(b) Sahara.
(c) Satyagraha.
(d) Stand-up.

10. Gandhi took this trip when he was in his ________________ year there in service to Dada Abdulla, and was riding in a first class compartment.
(a) Fourth.
(b) First.
(c) Second.
(d) Third.

11. How does Gandhi plan on taking the lessons from the failures of his past?
(a) To not run from failure again.
(b) Be proud of his accomplishments and to forget his failures.
(c) To think of his family first.
(d) To stay away from anything that could cause failure.

12. Upon his return from his service to the British and witnessing the Zulu Rebellion, he discovered what about the Transvaal government?
(a) They had proposed the Black Act.
(b) They were fairly kind to the Indian population.
(c) They had created the Jim Crow Laws.
(d) They had proposed the White Act.

13. When were Gandhi and Kasturbai married?
(a) When Gandhi was thirteen years old.
(b) When Gandhi was twenty years old.
(c) When Gandhi was eighteen years old.
(d) When Gandhi was twenty-two years old.

14. Gandhi met with Lord Irwin to negotiate, and made a point of taking a tiny bag of salt from his cloak and told the viceroy that he would drink his tea with salt in remembrance of what?
(a) The Boston Tea Party.
(b) The need for salt.
(c) The salt industry of Britain.
(d) The Salt Satyagraha of 1930.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How successful was Gandhi in Bombay?

3. ________________ itself was on trial as Gandhi told about how the streets were filled with the starving and sick who became poorer and poorer while the British got rich from the labor of the Indians.

4. Perhaps one of his most potent moments on the world stage came when what happened?

5. Throughout these years of satyagraha in India, he continued to make friends and gain followers including who?

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