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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In order to make his teaching more accessible, Gandhi established what?
(a) Temples.
(b) Ashrams.
(c) Churches.
(d) Parades.
2. What endeavor is the source of Gandhi's joy and strength?
(a) Helping others.
(b) Translating the truths of the Bhagavad Gita into his daily life.
(c) Caring for his family.
(d) Meditating on his mantra.
3. ________________ with problems of policy were welcomed to come and ask Gandhi for his advice.
(a) Students.
(b) Religious leaders.
(c) Educators.
(d) Political leaders.
4. Gandhi's focus was on letting the wisdom, love, joy and peace he studied make up what?
(a) His private life.
(b) His public life.
(c) The very essence of his being.
(d) Most of his life.
5. His ashram family, however, the ones who came to be called his _____________________ were the ones who knew best the man Gandhi was in his daily life.
(a) Ashram herd.
(b) Ashram crew.
(c) Ashram life.
(d) Ashram menagerie.
6. What does the author say is Gandhi's message?
(a) His life.
(b) Love others above yourself.
(c) Bring peace to all.
(d) All religions are right.
7. What is the key to transformation of character and consciousness?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Openness of mind.
(c) God.
(d) A desire to transform.
8. The two of them became what for men and women throughout India?
(a) Inspiration.
(b) An unattainable goal.
(c) A source of jealousy.
(d) A painful reminder of their inadequacy.
9. The idea was detachment from the result of one's actions, so that one's focus is on what?
(a) God.
(b) One's needs.
(c) Others.
(d) The spirit of his actions.
10. During the walks with Gandhi, people would do what?
(a) Follow him silently.
(b) Give him advice.
(c) Ask him for advice.
(d) Pray for him.
11. 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?
(a) How little privacy Gandhi received.
(b) How private Gandhi was.
(c) How much privacy Gandhi needed.
(d) How not private Gandhi was.
12. Prayer meetings featured readings from what?
(a) All three major scriptures.
(b) The Hindu scriptures.
(c) The Christian scriptures.
(d) The Muslim scriptures.
13. When Gandhi was asked to explain in three words the secret of his life, what did he say?
(a) Give to God.
(b) Renounce and enjoy.
(c) Peace, love, happiness.
(d) Love all others.
14. What was the source of the inspiration to which Gandhi clung?
(a) The Torah.
(b) The Gita.
(c) The Koran.
(d) The Bible.
15. A united mind is the only mind that is able to meditate and do what?
(a) Find joy and peace.
(b) Find peace and exercise judgment.
(c) Love others fully.
(d) Understand others.
Short Answer Questions
1. A united mind is trained wholly to what?
2. What types of people did Gandhi love?
3. Was Gandhi burdened by worry about what was to come?
4. Gandhi's nurse, Rambha, taught him that the way to eliminate fear was to do what?
5. What did Gandhi say as he died?
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