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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Addressing the concept of ____________, Gandhi pleaded with the Indians that one cannot participate in such a system without becoming another of its victims and weakening the nation as a whole.
(a) Race.
(b) Religion.
(c) Untouchability.
(d) Poverty.

2. He was also confronted with a form of prejudice against him for what reason?
(a) His race.
(b) His education.
(c) His accent.
(d) His faith.

3. When his rebellion brought Gandhi into the presence of the leader of the Transvaal government himself, what did Gandhi do?
(a) He told him clearly what he was doing and why.
(b) He mocked the leader.
(c) He lied to the leader.
(d) He stayed silent.

4. Gandhi coined the word ____________ to describe the Dalits (the oppressed), to call them the children of God, in order to remind the higher classes that their actions toward the oppressed was a part of their worship of God.
(a) Harijan.
(b) Madarijan.
(c) Maharijan.
(d) Darijan.

5. 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 might be the most significant historical figure of the 20th century.
(b) To consider whether Gandhi is a good example to follow.
(c) To consider whether Gandhi helped others.
(d) To consider whether Gandhi was a great man.

Short Answer Questions

1. His discovery inspired him to finding more and more means to do what?

2. He went into beautiful temples and told the people what?

3. To whom was Gandhi deeply devoted?

4. What did Gandhi call the Yeravda Prison?

5. What is Sevagram?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the most potent moments in Gandhi's life?

2. How is Gandhi irresistible to followers?

3. How does Easwaran open this chapter?

4. With what was Gandhi confronted in South Africa? How did he deal with this?

5. What was different about Gandhi's behavior compared to other men in his position?

6. What does Easwaran describe in the first chapter?

7. What intervened in Gandhi's life after graduation and his return to India?

8. What is the Black Act? What does Gandhi think of it?

9. What was the Salt Satyagraha of 1930?

10. What is Gandhi's reputation at this time in South Africa? Why?

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