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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 described himself as what?
(a) A typical child with many friends.
(b) A cowardly child with a rather weak mind.
(c) A uniquely strong child.
(d) An unusual child.

2. By what year were civil rights written into law?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1918.

3. In order to bring about change in India in particular, the first such system he wanted to address was what?
(a) The one sanctioning the oppression of those Indians who were not Hindu.
(b) The one sanctioning the oppression of anyone not of Indian descent.
(c) The one sanctioning the oppression of India's wealthy.
(d) The one sanctioning the oppression of India's poorest classes.

4. How many satyagrahis were jailed at this time?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) A few.
(d) Dozens.

5. Leaving Kasturbai again, this time with two sons, Gandhi left for South Africa in the hopes of what?
(a) Earning a better living.
(b) Forgetting about his family.
(c) Gaining some experience.
(d) Making a new life for himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom was Gandhi deeply devoted?

2. To direct the reader to the means to learning the answer, Nagler points to whom as the perfect man to tell Gandhi's life story?

3. In the first chapter, Easwaran describes the contrast between Gandhi as a youth to what?

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

5. Gandhi resolved to make a project of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Gandhi do when his spirituality increased?

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

3. How does Gandhi go about changing India?

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

5. How does Easwaran open this chapter?

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

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

8. What does Gandhi call the new form of resistance? What does it mean?

9. How is Gandhi irresistible to followers?

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

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