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

2. Seeing that his client was clearly right, and a long court battle would benefit no one but the lawyers, what was Gandhi determined to do?
(a) Find a way that all could benefit.
(b) Quit the case.
(c) Draw out the court case, so the lawyers could earn a great deal of money.
(d) Find a solution that would serve both parties and close the case quickly.

3. What did Gandhi call the new form of resistance?
(a) Stand-up.
(b) Sahara.
(c) Sit-down.
(d) Satyagraha.

4. He went into beautiful temples and told the people what?
(a) As long as they allow access to non-Hindus, then God was not present there.
(b) As long as they listened to the British, then God was not present there.
(c) As long as they were complicit in denying untouchables access, then God was not present there either.
(d) As long as they denied access to non-Indians, then God was not present there.

5. What does this type of revolution mean?
(a) Holding fast to truth.
(b) Listen to yourself.
(c) Forget the truth.
(d) Do what needs to be done.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a man does everything in worship, Easwaran explains, everywhere he goes is what?

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

3. ________________ itself was on trial as Gandhi told about how the streets were filled with the starving and sick who became poorer and poorer while the British got rich from the labor of the Indians.

4. To whom was Gandhi deeply devoted?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Gandhi learn about the law while in South Africa?

2. What was the Salt Satyagraha of 1930?

3. How did Gandhi find himself when he first arrived in England?

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

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

6. What did Gandhi do when his spirituality increased?

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

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

9. How does Gandhi go about changing India?

10. How is Gandhi irresistible to followers?

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