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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. That detachment was what allowed Gandhi to move with what?
(a) Such purpose.
(b) Such energy.
(c) Such happiness.
(d) Such peace.

2. Gandhi's process of learning to eliminate his fear started when?
(a) He was a child and was afraid of the dark.
(b) He studied law in England.
(c) He was first married.
(d) He moved to South Africa.

3. The idea was detachment from the result of one's actions, so that one's focus is on what?
(a) The spirit of his actions.
(b) Others.
(c) One's needs.
(d) God.

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

5. The answer to number 84 creates the mask that people call their personalities and hides what?
(a) Their compassion for others.
(b) Their fearlessness, unconditional love and abiding joy.
(c) Their faith in a higher being.
(d) Their true personalities.

Short Answer Questions

1. When followers stopped asking questions, Gandhi would focus on what?

2. The people who gravitated to Gandhi are testament to what?

3. What endeavor is the source of Gandhi's joy and strength?

4. With whom did Gandhi take all of his solitude?

5. Easwaran explains that Gandhi was quoting what from Hindu scripture?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the final chapter?

2. What would happen that reveals how Gandhi was revered?

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

4. What did Gandhi do to make his teaching more accessible?

5. How do most people see life?

6. What happens when Gandhi reduced himself to zero?

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

8. What do Gandhi and his wife do for Indians?

9. How is a mantra important?

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

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