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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. When one's love is deep enough, Sri Krishna explains to the eager Arjuna, selfish attachment, insecurity, fear and despair will do what?
(a) Be diminished.
(b) Fall away.
(c) Start to disappear.
(d) Grow stronger at first, and then fall away.

2. Why did Gandhi experiment with variations on vegetarian dishes?
(a) To make them readily available to others.
(b) To make them for filling.
(c) To make them nutritious in spite of taste.
(d) To make them appealing to all.

3. When Gandhi was asked to explain in three words the secret of his life, what did he say?
(a) Love all others.
(b) Renounce and enjoy.
(c) Give to God.
(d) Peace, love, happiness.

4. At Sevagram, people were so drawn to him, that what happened?
(a) There sprouted up a bustling community.
(b) People argued over who got to sit by him.
(c) Gandhi feared for his life.
(d) Gandhi had to leave, due to the large crowds.

5. His ashram family, however, the ones who came to be called his _____________________ were the ones who knew best the man Gandhi was in his daily life.
(a) Ashram crew.
(b) Ashram life.
(c) Ashram menagerie.
(d) Ashram herd.

Short Answer Questions

1. He was so intimately involved and concerned with the intimate details of the worlds of the people who surrounded him that what happened?

2. He cared for the sick in the ashram, and filled every interaction with what?

3. In order to make his teaching more accessible, Gandhi established what?

4. The two of them became what for men and women throughout India?

5. That detachment was what allowed Gandhi to move with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Besides detachment, what is another guiding principle from the Gita?

2. What are things that Gandhi does in the company of others?

3. What does a union with the Lord of Love do?

4. What is meant by detachment?

5. According to Sri Krishna, what does the wise person's love for the Lord of Love do?

6. What analogy does Rambha give?

7. What did Gandhi often do in the evening?

8. How does Gandhi respond when he is asked the secret of life?

9. Who came to see Gandhi? Why did they come to see him?

10. What is one of Gandhi's most treasured meditations?

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