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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. Nagler cites all of the fields in which Gandhi inspired revolution, including economics, politics, philosophy and the science and art of _________.
(a) Living a life of solitude.
(b) Living quietly.
(c) Living frugally.
(d) Living healthfully.

2. Gandhi found himself a solitary apartment and began by doing what?
(a) Decorating it.
(b) Modeling himself after a fellow student whose poverty dictated that he cook his own meals and walk instead of paying for transportation.
(c) Looking for a roommate.
(d) Hosting parties.

3. Easwaran opens his chapter describing the Way of Love by recounting what story?
(a) A transformative trip Gandhi took by train.
(b) A transformative trip Gandhi took by boat.
(c) A transformative vacation Gandhi took to England.
(d) A transformative vacation Gandhi took to India.

4. He also explained his commitment to truth and non-violence, saying that whatever the penalty for his crime, he was ready to take it, if what?
(a) The jury believed he was guilty of breaking the law.
(b) The jury did not sentence him to death.
(c) The jury truly believed that their system existed for the good of the people.
(d) The jury would pray for him.

5. Finding himself happier and healthier for the change, Gandhi shifted his attention to what?
(a) Looking for a new wife.
(b) His diet.
(c) Studying religion.
(d) Understanding British culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. He was such an irresistible fund-raiser for the oppressed in India that even who gave him money for his cause?

2. Nagler refers to the Berkley documentary called Gandhi's India in which one of the women interviewed praised Gandhi's view as one from which there are no limits to ______________, and Nagler praises the clarity with which Gandhi's life demonstrated the point.

3. Where did Gandhi first attempt to practice law?

4. Gandhi met with Lord Irwin to negotiate, and made a point of taking a tiny bag of salt from his cloak and told the viceroy that he would drink his tea with salt in remembrance of what?

5. When his rebellion brought Gandhi into the presence of the leader of the Transvaal government himself, what did Gandhi do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Gandhi irresistible to followers?

2. How did Gandhi feel about English customs? What did he do with these feelings?

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

4. How did Gandhi feel about volunteering? How did these feelings influence him?

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

6. How was Imperialism put on trial?

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

8. What was the Salt Satyagraha of 1930?

9. What does Easwaran describe in the first chapter?

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

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