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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. People came burdened and overwhelmed with their troubles, and left how?
(a) Laughing and lighthearted.
(b) With new ideas and beliefs.
(c) With new burdens and troubles.
(d) Less burdens and troubles.

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

3. Gandhi's focus was on letting the wisdom, love, joy and peace he studied make up what?
(a) The very essence of his being.
(b) His private life.
(c) His public life.
(d) Most of his life.

4. What must be driven out of the mind?
(a) The highest ideals.
(b) Insecurities.
(c) Fear.
(d) The small, distracting, and petty things that distract the mind.

5. The fact that most of Gandhi's ashram were women led Gandhi to say in response to their gentle strength that if non-violence is the future of humanity, then the future is what?
(a) Going to be good.
(b) With all men.
(c) With woman.
(d) For woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. The final chapter Eknath Easwaran writes is focused on the daily habits and the things that defined the personality of Gandhi as what?

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

3. The answer to number 84 creates the mask that people call their personalities and hides what?

4. Gandhi's secretary, Mahadev Desai, answered the question of how Gandhi spoke so eloquently with no preparation or notes by explaining what?

5. What is the key to transformation of character and consciousness?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When and how did Gandhi's process of learning to eliminate his fear start?

3. On what was Gandhi focused? What do the people who gravitated to Gandhi reveal about him?

4. Who were most of Gandhi's followers? What did he say about them?

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

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

7. What did Gandhi often do in the evening?

8. How is a mantra important?

9. What role did Kasturbai play in Gandhi's personal transformation?

10. How does detachment help Gandhi?

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