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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. His discovery inspired him to finding more and more means to do what?
(a) Earn more money.
(b) Work on more difficult cases.
(c) Take on court cases.
(d) Serve.

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

3. In the first chapter, Easwaran describes the contrast between Gandhi as a youth to what?
(a) Gandhi's wife.
(b) Gandhi's parents.
(c) Gandhi as the world-changing figure he was to become.
(d) Other students Gandhi's age.

4. Having made a dismal performance in high school, what did Gandhi need?
(a) A job.
(b) A second chance at high school.
(c) New guidance.
(d) A new direction.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The remarkable thing about humanity, he says, is not its ability to shape our world, but ______________________.

2. How many years from that day did Gandhi's determination blossom into inspiration to organize his first mass non-violent resistance?

3. The police reaction to the Indian response was what?

4. Easwaran opens his chapter describing the Way of Love by recounting what story?

5. Gandhi took this trip when he was in his ________________ year there in service to Dada Abdulla, and was riding in a first class compartment.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What requires courage regarding this movement against the Black Act?

4. How did Gandhi come to be married to Kasturbai?

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

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

7. What happens when Gandhi meets the leader of the Transvaal government?

8. How was Imperialism put on trial?

9. What is ahimsa?

10. What does Gandhi's uncle do for him after high school?

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