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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. Gandhi determined that the whole British-Indian relationship could be transformed with such an approach of non-violence, or ____________.
(a) Ahimsa.
(b) Baptisma.
(c) Bahimsa.
(d) Allahisma.

2. 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 truly believed that their system existed for the good of the people.
(b) The jury would pray for him.
(c) The jury believed he was guilty of breaking the law.
(d) The jury did not sentence him to death.

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

4. The author comes from Gandhi's home and ethos, and sees the world from a perspective very like Gandhi's instead of through what?
(a) A traditionally Indian background.
(b) A Middle Eastern viewpoint.
(c) The perspective of other Indian cultural groups.
(d) Any Westernized lens.

5. Applying the same self-discipline he learned in London, Gandhi applied his independent knowledge of bookkeeping to the accounts in question and became what?
(a) Envied by others on the case.
(b) Not very well-informed on the case.
(c) The single most informed person on the case.
(d) Fairly well-informed on the case.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gandhi sulked in his homesickness until when?

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

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

4. Finding himself happier and healthier for the change, Gandhi shifted his attention to what?

5. Nagler cites all of the fields in which Gandhi inspired revolution, including economics, politics, philosophy and the science and art of _________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the Salt Satyagraha of 1930?

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

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

6. How does Easwaran open this chapter?

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

8. How does Gandhi deal with the Black Act?

9. How is Gandhi irresistible to followers?

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

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