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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Was Gandhi burdened by worry about what was to come?
(a) Yes, very much.
(b) Yes, at times.
(c) No.
(d) Yes, somewhat.

2. On what does one who loves the Lord of Love focus?
(a) Living in the spirit of love.
(b) Giving love to others.
(c) Where to find love.
(d) How to love oneself.

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

4. He was so intimately involved and concerned with the intimate details of the worlds of the people who surrounded him that what happened?
(a) He could not help everyone.
(b) Not a single detail escaped his notice.
(c) He became overwhelmed.
(d) He was unable to keep track of the details.

5. How did Gandhi feel about meditation?
(a) Confident and content.
(b) Tired and unsure.
(c) Content.
(d) Energized and invigorated.

6. 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?
(a) Hugged Gandhi.
(b) Poisoned Gandhi.
(c) Shot Gandhi in the chest.
(d) Stabbed Gandhi in the chest.

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

8. The final chapter Eknath Easwaran writes is focused on the daily habits and the things that defined the personality of Gandhi as what?
(a) An individual in his private life.
(b) An individual in his public life.
(c) Needing his private life.
(d) Not trusting those who need a private life.

9. One who loves the Lord of Love is able to learn from what?
(a) The love of others.
(b) The Lord of Love.
(c) Other's mistakes.
(d) One's mistakes.

10. What was the source of the inspiration to which Gandhi clung?
(a) The Gita.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Torah.
(d) The Koran.

11. The two of them became what for men and women throughout India?
(a) A source of jealousy.
(b) Inspiration.
(c) A painful reminder of their inadequacy.
(d) An unattainable goal.

12. ________________ with problems of policy were welcomed to come and ask Gandhi for his advice.
(a) Political leaders.
(b) Students.
(c) Religious leaders.
(d) Educators.

13. What was one of Gandhi's most treasured meditations?
(a) The middle verses of the Third Chapter of the Gita.
(b) The last eighteen verses of the Second Chapter of the Gita.
(c) The last ten verses of the the Second Chapter of the Gita.
(d) The first verse of the First Chapter of the Gita.

14. What types of people did Gandhi love?
(a) Indians.
(b) The religious.
(c) Hindus.
(d) Every variety.

15. What does the author say is Gandhi's message?
(a) Love others above yourself.
(b) His life.
(c) All religions are right.
(d) Bring peace to all.

Short Answer Questions

1. That detachment was what allowed Gandhi to move with what?

2. Easwaran explains that these verses describe what?

3. When one's love is deep enough, Sri Krishna explains to the eager Arjuna, selfish attachment, insecurity, fear and despair will do what?

4. Easwaran opens the chapter entitled Mother and Child by asking the question of how such a personal evolution could have come about, and how the evolution of a single person could effect what?

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

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