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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. That detachment was what allowed Gandhi to move with what?
(a) Such energy.
(b) Such happiness.
(c) Such peace.
(d) Such purpose.

2. His daily chores were always done in the company of others, his meals were a time of what?
(a) Peace and quiet.
(b) Sharing and community.
(c) Replenishing.
(d) Eating.

3. What keeps a mind steady in every circumstance?
(a) Enough sleep.
(b) Confidence.
(c) God.
(d) A mantra.

4. Gandhi used what Rambha taught him his whole life, repeating it rhythmically when?
(a) As he breathed and walked.
(b) Speaking to others.
(c) He first wakes in the morning.
(d) Before he falls asleep at night.

5. Sri Krishna calls it the ______________ that inspires selfish possession, and says they are free who have escaped it, united with the Lord of Love and assured immortality.
(a) Ego-cage.
(b) Devil.
(c) Selfish ego.
(d) Sin of man.

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

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

8. The elephant holding a piece of bamboo was enough to quiet their trunks the same way what is enough to still the busy-ness of a wandering and restless mind?
(a) Work.
(b) God.
(c) A mantra.
(d) Sleep.

9. Gandhi called the Bhagavad Gita what?
(a) His father.
(b) His God.
(c) His mother.
(d) His family.

10. With whom did Gandhi take all of his solitude?
(a) His closest followers.
(b) His students.
(c) His wife and children.
(d) His ashram family.

11. 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.

12. Kasturbai kept her faith in her husband's character even when what happened?
(a) She did not believe in it.
(b) He did not deserve it.
(c) He did not display it.
(d) He was gone from her.

13. When followers stopped asking questions, Gandhi would focus on what?
(a) Raising questions.
(b) His own thoughts.
(c) His future plans.
(d) Making children laugh.

14. Sri Krishna says that the wise person's love for the Lord of Love does what?
(a) Gives him love to share with others.
(b) Has consumed all of his selfishness and preoccupation with pleasing his own senses.
(c) Takes away his need to love.
(d) Shows him how to love himself and others.

15. One who loves the Lord of Love is _____________________ by his circumstances.
(a) No longer agitated.
(b) Annoyed.
(c) Distracted.
(d) Relieved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Patanjali say?

2. What did Gandhi keep no matter the situation?

3. People came burdened and overwhelmed with their troubles, and left how?

4. How did Gandhi feel about meditation?

5. What did Gandhi call the secret to the art of living?

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